An angry mob on Tuesday, July 8, torched the Itibo Patrol Base in Bonyunyu, Nyamira County, in protest after a 19-year-old man was shot and seriously wounded during clashes with police.
This came as President William Ruto on Wednesday warned those who attack police stations will face the full force of the law.
He said anyone attacking businesses and police stations should be shot in the leg.
He condemned the attacks on police officers and security installations, terming them acts of terrorism and a direct declaration of war.
“We cannot have a nation that is run by terror, that is governed by violence.
We cannot, and it will not happen under my watch,” he stated.
“This war of destroying and burning people’s property must stop.”
He assured Kenyans that the government will deploy all available means to stabilise the country and restore order.
He emphasised that Kenya would not be held hostage by anarchy and political shortcuts.
“Anyone burning and destroying property should be shot in the leg and taken to hospital and be arrested.
They should not kill him or her,” he said.
He spoke at the Kilimani police station where he inspected an ongoing construction of police houses.
In Nyamira, police said the station was first looted and then set ablaze.
Houses used by officers were also vandalised and looted during the chaos.
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