{"id":1652,"date":"2025-08-13T05:54:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T05:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateupdate.co.ke\/?p=1652"},"modified":"2025-08-13T05:54:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T05:54:57","slug":"public-servants-criticizing-government-warned-of-serious-consequences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateupdate.co.ke\/index.php\/2025\/08\/13\/public-servants-criticizing-government-warned-of-serious-consequences\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Servants Criticizing Government Warned Of Serious Consequences"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has cautioned public servants against openly opposing the government, terming such conduct illegal and unconstitutional.<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking on Monday during the Jukwaa la Usalama<\/em> forum in Narok, Murkomen stressed that all public officers must respect the administration in power, regardless of personal political beliefs.<\/p>\n

\u201cHakuna chief, or Assistant Chief, or a police officer, atapatikana akiongea mambo against the government of the day. Hakuna. It is illegal and unconstitutional,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The CS warned that public servants engaging in political sloganeering or insulting the President risk immediate dismissal. He gave examples of officers chanting political slogans or questioning the government\u2019s legitimacy, saying such behavior is incompatible with public service.<\/p>\n

\u201cTukipata police officer anatusi rais, anaimba slogans za siasa\u2026that police officer or public servant should be fired immediately,\u201d Murkomen stated.<\/p>\n

He emphasized that the rule applies not only to President William Ruto\u2019s Kenya Kwanza administration but also to previous and future governments.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not saying because of this government\u2026even the previous government and the government to come, lazima ukichoose to serve in public service, you must respect the government,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Murkomen reiterated that while public servants retain the right to vote, they cannot participate in active political campaigns. Their primary duty, he added, is to understand and implement the policies of the sitting government.<\/p>\n

The remarks come amid growing calls for discipline and neutrality among public officers, especially those in sensitive positions like law enforcement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has cautioned public servants against openly opposing the government, terming such conduct illegal and unconstitutional. Speaking on Monday during the Jukwaa la Usalama forum in Narok, Murkomen stressed that all public officers must respect the administration in power, regardless of personal political beliefs. \u201cHakuna chief, or Assistant Chief, or a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1653,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateupdate.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/images-49.jpeg?fit=718%2C427&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pc68Dd-qE","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateupdate.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateupdate.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateupdate.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateupdate.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateupdate.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1652"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateupdate.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1654,"href":"https:\/\/stateupdate.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1652\/revisions\/1654"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateupdate.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateupdate.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateupdate.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateupdate.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}