Activist Boniface Mwangi arrested during march in Nairobi CBD
Activist
Boniface Mwangi is being held at the Nairobi Central Police Station following
his arrest at the Central Business District (CBD) on Thursday afternoon.
Mwangi was among
those picked up by police during a march to honour victims of the ongoing
anti-government protests.
They were dressed
in matching white t-shirts while carrying crosses bearing the names of the
fallen protesters and marching through the CBD when masked officers accosted
them and tossed Mwangi on the back of a waiting police vehicle.
The activist’s
wife and journalist Njeri Mwangi has confirmed his arrest, adding that mothers of
the protest victims who were also involved in the march were nabbed as well.
“They’ve taken
Boni, and they’ve also taken the mothers of the victims who were shot. They’re
all about impunity, they don’t care about who lives or dies,” Njeri told Africa
Uncensored.
“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.”
Mwangi’s arrest
follows the earlier arrest of protester Shadrack Kiprono who was picked up by
police at the Java House on Kimathi Street.
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