Kenya's Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen reported that 42 people were killed during the protests on June 25 and July 7, with 1,500 arrests made in connection to the unrest. The protests included the Saba Saba demonstrations, for which the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) documented 40 deaths alone. Murkomen stated that 600 people were injured, including 496 police officers, and that 71 individuals have been charged with terrorism offenses, while 50 others are under investigation by the Special Crimes Unit. The government emphasized that the figures shared were based on verified police records and that no information is being concealed regarding fatalities. Murkomen acknowledged ongoing investigations into some deaths during the protests and noted that while KNCHR reported a higher death toll of 61, the government relies on law enforcement data for its official count.
Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen says the Government is not concealing any information about the number of fatalities from the recent protests, reiterating that the figures he shared on Tuesday were based on verified data provided by the police. #KBCniYetu ^RO https://t.co/MLBf1pwLul
"Our findings are from the National Police Service records after they conducted physical analysis. If KNCHR, a national entity, reports 61, we don't dispute it, but we get our findings from law enforcement officers,” Kipchumba Murkomen, CS Interior #KBCniYetu ^RO https://t.co/a1bz8eI89d
“Nobody is intending to hide numbers, there’s no value,” CS Murkomen says gov’t still investigating circumstances for some death during protests https://t.co/jEjSWozMsR