Police in Nairobi on Thursday a******d renowned Kenyan social justice activist Boniface Mwangi at the Central Business District (CBD) after leading hundreds of protesters who marched across the Kenyatta Market and in the streets in honour of the v*****s who were k****d in the ongoing anti-government protests.
Since the Gen Zs-led countrywide protests demanding accountability from the political class started, Mr Mwangi has been very vocal and openly challenged the police k******s, saying the officers were arbitrarily using excessive force on peaceful protestors.
Njeri Mwangi, his wife, spoke to investigative journalism media house Africa Uncensored about the a*****s. She described the a****t as unjust, calling for his release from the Central Police Station where he is currently d******d.
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“They have taken Boni, and they have also taken the mothers of the v*****s who were s**t. They are all about impunity. They don’t care about who lives or d**s,” Njeri told Africa Uncensored.
She added: “Kenyans, you have to fight for yourselves. You have to come out; this watching around makes us so vulnerable. Come out in large numbers. We must fight this together.”
Njeri decried that his husband’s a****t and that of other activists, including Shadrack Kiprono and Hussein Khalid of Haki Africa, is a way of suppressing protests against police brutality by silencing critical voices.
Demanding their immediate release, the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) said that such a*****s are uncalled for in a nation of pluralistic democracy like Kenya, where the constitution allows for citizen participation in protests as a catalyst for political and social change.
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