Activist Boniface Mwangi Released After Being Arrested for Allegedly ‘Organizing a Revolution’

Activist Boniface Mwangi Released After Being Arrested for Allegedly ‘Organizing a Revolution’

Human rights activist Boniface Mwangi has been released hours after his arrest on Monday morning.

Mwangi was arrested by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) at his home in Nairobi and was driven to the Central Police Station for questioning.

A statement signed by Central Police Station DCI officer George Muchiri shows Mwangi was apprehended on accusations of organizing a revolution that is likely to cause civil unrest.

“…inquiry into the alleged organization of a revolution likely to cause civil unrest and cause a breach of peace."

“I have reasons to believe that you, Boniface Mwangi, have information that may assist me with the inquiry,” notes Muchiri.

In his response, Mwangi states: “I have understood the question raised by the inquiry but I have nothing to say. That is all I wish to state for now.”

In a tweet after his release, the vocal activist says: “Thank you, everyone, for your voices. l have been released!. Kenyans are angry, hungry and broke. They feel like revolting against bad governance and corruption, and the government is afraid it’s going to happen. Revolution is not treason.”

The arrest is linked to last week's anti-corruption protest dubbed #BeyondZeroCorruption held in Nairobi.

Comments

Anonymous UI (not verified)     Mon, 05/06/2019 @ 01:42pm

Kenya's are tired of corruption, but our saviour is not Bonace Mwangi, a current day homeguard. He is the front face of the current day missionaries (NGO's). The last thing Kenya needs is foreign engineered revolution. We need our traditions, our belief in our God replacing imported God's customs, fake hairs, foreign fake holidays, foreign names, foreign religions.
We need to find ourselves and we can never find ourselves using foreign systems. Boniface Mwangi is a compromised individual. He is a front of a imperial,colonial, neo-colonial, multi-national, world order/disorder system and we all know what these systems did to our forefathers. These systems and their engineers raped, maimed, sodomized, castrated, hanged and killed our forefathers in the name of mobilizing but instead stole their land and enslaved their human resources. We are yet to come to terms with these actions without shame.

Mugikuyu (not verified)     Mon, 05/06/2019 @ 06:39pm

In reply to by Anonymous UI (not verified)

Knowing how Kenyans are unpatriotic and unwilling to volunteer for such causes,I will take Boniface efforts anytime. What I have a problem with is having these politicians wait out till last minute then take over the reins when others have done the hard work. Kenya should have a revolution.

Peter k Mwithiga (not verified)     Tue, 05/07/2019 @ 12:07am

In reply to by Anonymous UI (not verified)

You must be one of those politicians Boniface is talking about. What he is advocating for must have shaken you in the guts for you to orchestrates such propaganda against a civil rights advocate.

MLACHAKE (not verified)     Tue, 05/07/2019 @ 09:24am

In reply to by Anonymous UI (not verified)

Bure kabisa! What are you yourself doing apart from yapping here on Mwakilishi like a caged baboon? Achana na wale wanaojitolea muhanga kufanya mambo, wewe bakia kiweka matako chini nkt!

Mbwana (not verified)     Mon, 05/06/2019 @ 02:58pm

This a tale tale signs that the Uhuruto are worried about a uprising from the street. Yet they know only the STREETS will clean Kenya perfectly from the core of the big fishes.

ULATA DE CONTINUA!!!

Imara Daima (not verified)     Mon, 05/06/2019 @ 04:41pm

Ndugu Yangu @Anonymous UI:

Ni afadhali kila Mkenya asome, apige chapa na kuweka mahali ambapo anaweza kuona na kusoma maneno yako ya busara (wisdom) uliyoandika kila siku.

Nakushukuru sana kwa upeo (long range vision) wa akili yako kwa matatizo ambayo yametupata kama Wakenya na pia Wafrika. Ni lazima tupambane nayo kila nukta, dakika, saa, siku, wiki, mwezi, mwaka, na hata karne (century) ili tuweze kutoa minyororo ya utumwa ambayo imejificha akilini mwetu.

Hakuna makosa kuwa na nywele, rangi, dini, chakula, mila, majina, mume, mke, mpenzi wa asili ya Kiafrika! Tusione haya (shame) kuwa Waafrika. Hatukujiumba (we did not create ourselves). Tuliumbwa na MWUMBAJI MKUU ambaye aliumba kila kitu tunachoona na macho yetu na vitu vingi ambavyo hatuvioni kwa macho yetu kama virusi (viruses) na kadhalika.

Asante sana Ndugu @Anonymous UI kwa fikira zako nzuri za ukombozi wa Mwafrika aliyepigwa msasa (brainwashed) na Waarabu na Wanayuropa.

Jamama (not verified)     Mon, 05/06/2019 @ 05:13pm

It is people like Boniface Mwangi who will save Kenya. Kenya needs more people of courage and high moral values like him to take us out of the morass that Kenya has been in. This is a young man who over the years has shown more leadership than the boy in statehouse has shown in almost 60 yrs

mkenya halisi (not verified)     Mon, 05/06/2019 @ 05:55pm

Revolution Revolution coming to arrest the corrupt from their houses.Take everything they have stollen n given back to the public.Oooh i cannot wait for this revolution to happen.Thugs raila,kidero,waititu n mpigs,ps other gavanas who have bin mentioned or tainted need to go by force.

Sukuma (not verified)     Mon, 05/06/2019 @ 07:27pm

Activists are useless people who never achieve anything material for the causes they fight for. Take for instance Raila's activism. What did it achieve for the masses? Nothing other than getting innocent people killed. Out of the suffering endured by the masses, he himself succeeded in joining current government. So, intelligent Kenyans need shove Mwangi aside.

Mbwana (not verified)     Mon, 05/06/2019 @ 08:12pm

Kwa Ndungu zaku, tujue hakuna kinachopatikana rahisi.

Hapo tulipofikia sasa Kenya inataka wazalendo wa kufanya ukweli na sio kula maneno hewa tuu.

Siasa za kubaguana nani mkweli au mrongo umepitwa na wakati.
Kwa hivyo ongera Boniface Mwangi kwa kujaribu na wanaharakati wengine wengi watafuata bila shaka.

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