First, it was Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen who ordered police to shoot to kill anyone approaching a police station during protests. This directive leaves it to the discretion of potentially trigger-happy officers to interpret what “approaching a police station” actually means.
In a context where police kill protesters even when they are miles away from police stations, Murkomen’s order was effectively a licence to kill unarmed citizens exercising their right to protest.
