Political activist Morara Kebaso has been arrested, again, barely days after the courts cleared him of charges that saw him arrested less than a fortnight ago.
Confirming his arrest on Tuesday morning, Mr Morara said he had been arrested in Nairobi over chaos that rocked the Bomas of Kenya last Friday, where Kenyans had gathered to give their views on the impeachment motion of Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.
Reports indicate the activist was picked up by detectives in Subaru cars and taken to Lang’ata Police Station for questioning.
“I have been arrested over what happened at Bomas. Can you imagine? Can you imagine. Does it even make sense jamani (seriously?). What is this now? Ah,” he posted on his X account.
Just an hour before his arrest, the outspoken activist had condemned the abduction of Cornelius Ronoh, Kanu party’s digital communication officer, on Monday evening at Fedha in Embakasi.
“The freedom of speech that we enjoy is not a gift from the government, it is a right. The gang-land style abduction of Cornelius Ronoh shows how much the government hates the truth. But let me assure them one thing, tutaongea ukweli (we’ll speak the truth) without fear. Kenya is home. You will not be in government forever,” he posted.
The Tuesday arrest comes four days after Morara was brutally attacked moments after he arrived at the Bomas of Kenya to give his submissions, and was still visibly unwell when his family gave a press briefing on their concerns for his safety last Sunday evening.
It was during this session that his family’s spokesperson Tom Moindi condemned the attack and urged the government to give the activist police security.
“Morara’s life is in danger. The government must bring to account everyone who participated in the attack that risked his life at the Bomas of Kenya. He was seriously injured and has been receiving treatment since the attack,” Mr Moindi said.
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