Okiya Omtatah Arrested in Nairobi CBD

Police have arrested Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah and at least 10 other protesters in Nairobi CBD and booked at Central Police station.

Omtatah was apprehended along with a group of protesters who had chained themselves together at Aga Khan Walk in Nairobi CBD, following repeated failed attempts by the police to disperse them.

Despite the arrest, Omtatah  could be heard shouting,” Aluta continue Victory is Certain”.

Okiya Omtatah joined the anti-abduction protestors along Aga Khan Walk in the Nairobi CBD on Monday December 30 as they chanted “tunataka Comrades our people united shall never be defeated.”

Woman Shares Flowers to Police, Pleads for Peace 

Earlier, a woman handed flowers to police officers in Nairobi CBD during the #EndAbductionsKE protests.

In videos shared by The Kenya Times, the woman is seen carrying multiple flowers, which she offers to the officers while pleading for peace.

The woman later kneels before them, urging an end to abductions and calling on the police to stop brutalizing young Kenyans for criticizing President William Ruto’s regime. 

“I beg please receive this in the name of Jesus. We want peace. Please I beg I am on my knees begging you to end this brutality,” she said.

“You are all our children, uncles and fathers to the children who are being abducted. We are here to say end these police abductions, end this police brutality.

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She goes on saying,” you are also our brothers stop killing our children, stop beating and oppressing them. The country needs us all and we are here for peace.”

Anti-Abduction Protests Erupts in Nairobi, Omtatah Arrested

The #EndAbductionsKE march officially kicked off in Nairobi CBD, with protesters seen carrying placards featuring popular silhouettes created by missing visual artist Kibet Bull, while chanting and singing in solidarity for an end to enforced disappearances.

Several key roads leading into the CBD were barricaded, with officers frisking Public Service Vehicles (PSVs) to identify any protestors being transported into the city.

By midday Monday, matatus were barred from accessing the CBD as police closed off Kenyatta Avenue to public service vehicles.

Chants of “Kasongo, Wako Wapi?” echoed through Nairobi CBD as protesters urged President William Ruto to address the ongoing disappearances of Kenyans critical of his regime.

Protesters marched in Nairobi CBD chanting the names of Kenyans who have gone missing.

At the same time, Police lobbed tear gas to disperse anti-abduction protesters at Aga Khan Walk, Moi Avenue and Kenyatta Avenue, Nairobi CBD as businesses remained closed.

Also Read: Omtatah Reveals Details of Meeting with Kibet Bull Before Abduction

Protests in Australia

Meanwhile in Embu, police engaged protesters in running battles, lobbing tear gas canisters to disperse the crowd.

Earlier, in Kitengela, police set up roadblock at the town’s entrance on Namanga Road. Vehicles were inspected and a police helicopter could be heard hovering overhead.

Kenyans in Australia kicked out protests as they sent a message to President William Ruto to take action and resolve the current security issues in Kenya.

Videos circulating online showed the group, armed with placards and posters bearing the names of all the youth reported missing in December, chanting anti-government slogans while sharing messages of encouragement with Kenyans.

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