Activists Boniface Mwangi, Hanifa Adan and Haki Africa Executive Director Hussein Khalid have been released from the Nairobi Regional DCI HQ after being grilled over Finance Bill 2024 protests.
Their lawyers include ex-CJ Mutunga and Senior Counsel Ahmednasir Abdullahi.
Earlier Mwangi said that they were at the DCI headquarters to present a petition about alleged abductions targeting peaceful protesters.
“Two Sabarus attempted to kidnap us on Friday outside City Mortuary but we managed to escape, we re here to tell the DCI to arrest us or allow us to protest peacefully,” Mwangi said.
The activist said that some people have brought back the infamous abductions that President William Ruto vowed to end.
“This is a return to the Yala River era, that is why we are seeing so many abductions in this country yet President Ruto said he will end torture,” Mwangi said.
“The president said ‘no more River Yala’ but this is River Yala all over again.”
Khalid said they are ready to die in defending the rights of Kenyans against over-taxation.
“We don’t fear arrest, we don’t fear death. We are ready to die,” he said.
Police allowed them to get into the DCI headquarters accompanied by their lawyers as they blocked protesters a distance away from the main gate.
Over the last couple of days, there have been reports of people being arrested and locked up incommunicado amid fears of a wave of abductions.
