Methu questions Ruto’s war on goons, challenges the President to look within his own government and singles out Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen.
President William Ruto has come under fresh fire over his remarks on dealing with goons, with Nyandarua Senator John Methu turning the President’s own words back on him.
Methu questioned why the issue of political goons has become such a major concern under Ruto’s administration, arguing that the President should first look inward before asking the police to deal with the problem.
Speaking during a political engagement, Methu directly challenged Ruto to reflect on the situation before and after he took office in 2022.
“Before you became President of Kenya, were these goons there?” Methu posed.
The senator questioned whether the real problem facing the country is the existence of goons or the political system that allegedly enables them.
“Were goons there before Ruto?”
According to Methu, the police service existed long before Ruto became President, just as Kiganjo—the National Police Service training institution—was already in existence.
His argument was simple: if police officers have been trained and graduated for years, why should they now be expected to solve a problem that politicians themselves may have helped create?
Methu challenged Ruto to ask himself where the alleged goons came from and who brought them into the political equation.
He argued that the police cannot effectively fight political goonism if the problem is being enabled from within political circles.
Methu takes aim at Murkomen
But Methu’s sharpest criticism was reserved for Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen.
The senator questioned how President Ruto could publicly declare war on goons while retaining Murkomen in his Cabinet.
Methu sarcastically referred to Murkomen as a “Minister for Goons and Coordination of National Terror,” a phrase he has also used in previous attacks on the Interior CS.
“If you really want to finish goons in this Kenya, you have one option that will make Kenyans build confidence in you,” Methu said.
According to the senator, Ruto should remove Murkomen if he genuinely wants Kenyans to believe that his administration is serious about ending political violence and goonism.
“Behind you is the Minister of Goons clapping”
Methu painted a dramatic picture of the contradiction he sees in Ruto’s position.
He questioned how the President can stand on a podium and promise to eliminate goons while, behind him, a Cabinet Secretary accused by his political opponents of being connected to the problem is standing and applauding.
“So you are standing on the podium saying you will finish goons, but behind you is the Minister of Goons clapping?” Methu posed.
For Methu, that is where the credibility question begins.
He argued that Kenyans would only believe Ruto’s declaration once the President takes action against those his critics associate with the alleged goon culture.
Methu: “Is the problem goons or Ruto?”
The senator’s central question was directed straight at the President.
If goons were not a major political issue before Ruto came to power, Methu argued, why has the issue become so prominent under his administration?
“Is our problem goons or is it him?” Methu asked.
The remarks add to Methu’s growing criticism of the Ruto administration over allegations of political violence and the use of goons.
Methu has previously accused Murkomen of presiding over what he described as a parallel militia and questioned how the Interior Ministry could guarantee national security amid such allegations. Those claims remain political accusations and have not been established as fact.
Ruto faces growing political pressure
The latest remarks come as political parties intensify grassroots mobilisation ahead of the 2027 General Election.
Methu’s criticism therefore goes beyond the issue of goons. It strikes at the credibility of Ruto’s administration and challenges the President to demonstrate that his government is willing to confront political violence regardless of who is involved.
For the senator, the test is not another speech.
It is action.
And if Ruto truly wants Kenyans to believe that he is serious about ending goonism, Methu believes the first place he should look is inside his own Cabinet.
What do you think? Is Ruto genuinely fighting political goons, or should his administration first address accusations of goonism within its own ranks?
