Kenya outlaws Muslim Brotherhood, Hizb-ur-Tahrir as terror groups
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen speaks during the 42nd Edition of Jukwaa la Usalama at Tom Mboya Labour College, Kisumu, on September 18, 2025.
Membership, financing, association, or propaganda in support of the groups is now a prosecutable offense in Kenya.
The order will remain in force indefinitely until revoked either by the Interior Cabinet Secretary or by a court of law.
The government has formally declared the Muslim Brotherhood and Hizb-ur-Tahrir as terrorist organizations operating under the radar in Kenya, placing them in the same category as Al-Shabaab and other outlawed extremist groups.
In a special issue of the Kenya Gazette Supplement No. 157 dated September 19, 2025, Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen issued Legal Notice No. 157, citing powers conferred under Section 3(3) of the Prevention of Terrorism Act, Cap. 59B.
