Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen said Wednesday the State will not relent in its terrorism charges against individuals engaging in terrorist acts.
Speaking in Eldoret at the start of his Jukwaa La Usalama engagement in the county, the CS also faulted the Law Society of Kenya for standing on the side of criminals and not the law-abiding citizens who have lost property worth billions of shillings in the so-called protests.
“The Prevention of Terrorism Act is clear and unambiguous.
Orchestrating violence, endangering life, creating serious risk to public health or safety, causing serious damage to property, using firearms or explosives, and interfering with essential services are all terrorist acts.”
“How better can we define those using petrol bombs to burn courts and other critical infrastructure?” he posed.
He was reacting to LSK criticism on the move by state to prefer terror charges on some of those arrested in recent protests in several parts of the country.
Murkomen also told courts not to be intimidated to give lenient bail terms to those arraigned for these offences, saying the people of Kenya deserve the protection of the law.
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