Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has sounded the alarm over a spike in vigilantism, revealing that Kenya has recorded 845 mob justice incidents since January 2025. Appearing before the Senate during a plenary session, Murkomen detailed a grim landscape of lawlessness that has already claimed 579 lives and left 266 others with serious injuries. The statistics highlight a brutal trend of “instant justice” that bypasses formal legal structures, often resulting in public humiliation and fatal violence before any investigation can occur. Kiambu and Nairobi Lead in Rising Violence The data paints a sobering picture of urban and peri-urban insecurity. Kiambu The post Kiambu and Nairobi Lead in Vigilantism as Mob Justice Claims 579 Lives appeared first on Nairobi Wire.