Police abet mob violence as the poor fill prisons, report reveals

Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen and CJ Martha Koome at the launch of Justice in Kenya Annual report on November 10, 2025. [Benard Orwongo, Standard]

Parliament passing unconstitutional laws and police officers encouraging mob justice, while the poor languish in remand for lack of bail, reflects the current face of justice in Kenya.

In a rare admission, Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen acknowledged that police officers often incite Kenyans to take the law into their own hands, particularly when suspects are released by the courts.