Omtatah Arrested, Taken To Central Police Station With Other Protestors During Peaceful Demos
Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah was among a number of demonstrators apprehended by police officers in Nairobi’s Central Business District and escorted to the Central Police Station for processing.
The organization held a protest on Monday to express their concern over the increasing number of abductions.
Omtatah was apprehended by police following a brief standoff with cops in Nairobi’s central business district.
Anti-abduction protests in Nairobi on Monday turned dramatic after Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah and a group of protesters used a heavy-duty metal chain link to block an arrest by police officers deployed to control the crowd. pic.twitter.com/Xlf9McGSiy
— TheStarKenya (@TheStarKenya) December 30, 2024
This came after he and other demonstrators clung to a heavy-duty metal chain in an attempt to prevent police from capturing them.
Omtatah and the group are being held in cells at the Central Police Station while they await additional court proceedings.
Busia Senator Okiyah Omtatah taken to Gigiri Police Station after being arrested while participating in anti-abductions protests in Nairobi’s CBD pic.twitter.com/CuqGiQiBh3
— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) December 30, 2024
Human rights organizations, lobby groups, youth, and survivors of this year’s abductions announced widespread demonstrations on Monday against the vice.
They stated that it would happen as planned in all 47 counties.
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The demonstrators said that the rallies are intended to pressure the government to release individuals alleged to have been abducted, cease arbitrary arrests, and satisfy Generation Z’s requests from June.
The current rise in abductions—more than ten in December alone, and more than 80 this year—has generated indignation across Kenya.
The protest occurred when Director of Public Prosecutions Renson Mulele Ingonga launched an investigation and urged the police to notify him of the status of investigations into claims of abductions and forced disappearances by January 1, 2025.
He expressed alarm over tales of abductions and forced disappearances in the country, which prompted the investigation.
Omtatah Arrested, Taken To Central Police Station With Other Protestors During Peaceful Demos
