Interior Cabinet Secretary (CS) Kipchumba Murkomen has urged Kenyans to exercise restraint and recognize the State’s leniency in granting them freedoms.

CS Murkomen stated that Kenyans freely express their controversial views on social media without fear of being apprehended, citing instances in other jurisdictions where police action is swift.

He added that the Kenyan police service has acted professionally by not going after those who have dared to occupy the State House, Nairobi, during the anniversary of the anti-Finance Bill protests.

“In the UK, if any person tweeted or made a post saying they would be visiting Buckingham Palace, 10 Downing Street, nobody would wait for them to come to the streets. They will be picked up from their own homes and charged. I have lived and studied in the US and if an American citizen was to write on social media, ‘let us go and invade the White House, ‘ the Secret Service would pick them from their homes,” he said.

“It is only in Kenya where a Citizen will say they will invade Parliament, the Judiciary, State House, and they walk scot-free, and even when taken to court, they will be released.”

He further questioned the agenda of the protesters who plan to take to the streets, arguing that the cases of police brutality, which recently took protesters to the streets, are already being handled by the courts.

“You look at the reasons that have been provided, you find people looking for every reason to come to the streets to cause mayhem and stone people’s businesses,” Murkomen noted.

Kenyan youths (Gen Z) have announced a nationwide protest on Wednesday to commemorate those who died on June 25, 2024, during the Anti-Finance Bill demonstrations. The organizers have threatened to march to the State House in Nairobi during the protest.