Murkomen retracts shoot-to-kill directive amid uproar

CS Kipchumba Murkomen at the launch of the flagship report and Action plan by the Eastern and Southern Africa Commission on Drugs during the fourth high-level consultation meeting in Nairobi. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has taken back his remarks clarifying on his shoot-to-kill directives after public uproar.

Speaking in Kitui on Saturday, Murkomen cited the National Police Service Act of 2011, outlining the circumstances under which an officer may discharge a firearm.