Detectives have launched an investigation into a video that showed a group of youths desecrating the Kenyan flag during last weekend’s CAF Champions League clash between Kenya Police FC and Mogadishu City FC in Nairobi.
This is after Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has ordered the arrest, prosecution, and deportation of the culprits if they are foreigners.
Murkomen termed it unfortunate, the incident that was captured on video and has since been widely shared online.
Officials said a team of detectives at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations headquarters was pursuing the suspects.
It is believed they are non-Kenyans.
The clips showing the flag being stomped on and kicked around have sparked public outrage and official condemnation.
This came as Somalia’s Ambassador to Kenya, Jabril Ibrahim Abdulle, also denounced the acts.
The two Mogadishu City FC fans are seen, in the viral video, taking turns mocking the Kenyan flag.
One spreads it on the ground and kicks it into the air, while the other grabs it mid-flight, rubbing it against his crotch as they burst into laughter.
In a second, seemingly well-choreographed video, a Mogadishu fan wearing a traditional Somali sarong walks up to a Kenya Police FC supporter, snatches his Kenyan flag, and tosses it casually to the ground.
