MURKOMEN DESCRIBES JUNE 25TH PROTESTS AS AN ATTEMPTED COUP

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has described Wednesday June 25 2025 nationwide protests as a “well-planned and unconstitutional attempt at regime change,” adding that the government has gathered clear evidence pointing to the organisers and financiers.
Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, June 26 2025, Murkomen said what unfolded was not a protest, but an attempted coup targeting key state installations including State House and Parliament.
"That was not a peaceful protest. That was an attempted coup,” he said. “You all saw what happened. They were clearly targeting the symbols of power but they did not succeed.”
He said the plotters mobilised people from Nyeri, Murang’a, Thika and other regions, transporting them to Nairobi to fuel unrest. “These are the same individuals seen looting and robbing citizens on their way home,” he added.
At least 16 people were killed during the protests, according to Amnesty International, while more than 400 were injured. Among the fatalities was a security guard stationed at Kenya Power’s Stima Plaza headquarters. Fred Wamale Wanyonyi was shot at the Kolobot Road entrance and later pronounced dead at Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital.
Murkomen said over 300 police officers were among the injured, with some sustaining life-altering injuries. Nine police stations were attacked—five of them torched—including Dagoretti, Molo and Ol Kalou. Eighty-eight police vehicles and over 90 government and private vehicles were destroyed. Five firearms were stolen from Dagoretti Police Post while four others were burned at Gachui Police Post.