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President supports shoot-to-kill order as Murkomen shifts stance after rebuke

President William Ruto during a meeting with National Government Administrative Officers. [PCS]

President William Ruto has supported remarks by Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen authorising police to use lethal force on protesters should they feel threatened.

The President also directed the security chiefs to bring to book all those who perpetrated heinous crimes, including looting, robbery, rape and arson, during riots earlier this week and ensure they are prosecuted.

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