Sarah Anyango
Nairobi.
A coordinated cyberattack on Monday morning disrupted several major Kenyan government websites, briefly knocking them offline and replacing official content with extremist messages, Interior Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo confirmed.
The intrusion targeted high-profile portals, including the Presidency website (president.go.ke), which hackers temporarily commandeered. Other affected sites belonged to the Ministries of Interior, Energy, Labour, Health, and Education.
State departments such as Immigration, the Directorate of Public-Private Partnerships, and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) were also hit, as were platforms including the Hustler Fund, Government Press, and Nairobi City County.
Omollo attributed the breach to a group calling itself PCP@Kenya, saying the attackers defaced the sites with messages including “Access denied by PCP,” “We will rise again,” “White power worldwide,” and “14:88 Heil Hitler,” pointing to a possible white supremacist ideological motive.
“The situation has been contained and the government is monitoring developments,” Omollo said, noting that the attack violated the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act as well as data protection laws.
He warned that those responsible “will face the full force of the law,” and urged the public to report suspicious activity to KE-CIRT, the National Computer and Cybercrimes Coordination Committee (NC4), or the DCI.
Officials said digital response teams have been activated, and restoration of the affected platforms is ongoing. Critical systems—including eCitizen, NTSA, the Judiciary, KNEC, the National Police Service, Defence, and the National Treasury—remained fully operational.
The incident comes amid heightened concerns about vulnerabilities in public-sector digital infrastructure.
Authorities said no data breaches or leaks have been detected so far, and investigations to identify and apprehend the attackers are underway.