Murkomen hits back at Gachagua over police rape claims in Ol Kalou
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has challenged politician Rigathi Gachagua to provide evidence for claims that police raped 68 women during a recent by-election. Murkomen defended the police's conduct and warned against using unverified allegations for political gain.
Why it matters
The dispute highlights ongoing tensions regarding police accountability and the use of inflammatory rhetoric in Kenyan politics.
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has challenged Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP) leader Rigathi Gachagua to substantiate his claims that police allegedly raped 68 women during the Ol Kalou by-election.
Speaking during the prize-giving day at Tenwek Senior School in Bomet County, Murkomen defended the conduct of security officers deployed during the by-election, saying they acted professionally and within the law.
The CS urged anyone with information about the alleged sexual assaults to formally report the matter to the police, insisting that investigations would be conducted and those found culpable prosecuted.
"To hear allegations that women were sexually assaulted, yet the leaders making those claims have not reported the matter to a police station, is deeply disturbing and painful for our nation," Murkomen said.
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