Kenya's Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen defended the use of plain-clothes police officers during the June 25 Gen Z memorial protests, stating they were part of a surveillance operation to maintain order.

• 355 people were arrested nationwide for various offenses during the commemorations.
• Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen revealed that DCI agents were embedded among demonstrators.
• Covert policing, including undercover officers and unmarked vehicles, is described as a standard tactic to protect security personnel and operations.

Kenya's Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has publicly refuted claims made by former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua regarding an alleged assassination plot involving a police unit. Murkomen dismissed the allegations as politically motivated.

• Kipchumba Murkomen described Rigathi Gachagua as a "clout chaser" seeking public attention.
• The dispute follows Gachagua's claims on June 24 that a police unit he previously accused of an assassination attempt had been redeployed to Nyeri County.
• Murkomen also accused Gachagua of ethnic profiling of public officers, specifically mentioning the Deputy Inspector General of Police.

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has strongly refuted claims by former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua that his life is in danger, dismissing them as attention-seeking behavior and ethnic profiling.

• Murkomen described Gachagua's allegations of a special police unit targeting him as "clout-chasing" and a "medical case."
• Key persons involved: Kipchumba Murkomen (Interior CS) and Rigathi Gachagua (former Deputy President).
• Gachagua had alleged a special police unit code-named "Nairobi Sierra" was deployed to target him and his allies.