Blogger Cyprian Nyakundi has been arrested at Milimani Law Courts, Nairobi after the mention of a defamation case he is facing.
The activist was put in cuffs by plainclothes police and taken to Nairobi area DCI headquarters for questioning. Mr Nyakundi was taken to custody by Directorate of Criminal Investigation officers who had been trailing him for weeks within and outside Nairobi.
The detectives had been rotating around the busy courts for the last two weeks looking for the online activists who posts controversial posts.
They finally arrested him moments after leaving the courtroom.The civilian-dressed officers took Mr Nyakundi into a police vehicle and drove him to Nairobi area DCI offices.The blogger revealed his trailing by the detectives when he posted a captioned photo of a plainclothes police officer on his Twitter account.
A source told that Mr Nyakundi was arrested in regards to an online post in which he alleged two senior Jubilee administration officers were involved in bribery.
The blogger is facing several charges in various courts in Nairobi and Kiambu counties. He was last charged before a Kiambu court with posting online derogatory remarks against Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru, Nairobi’s Mike Sonko and Kenya Power Managing Director Ken Tarus.
Mr Nyakundi was also charged with posting hate speech against the Kikuyu community on social media.
He refuted the accusations and was freed on Sh2.2 million bond, with an alternative of a Sh1.1 million cash bail, for all the three charges.He is also facing a charge of publishing defamatory information against Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore. He and five others were also sued by business tycoon Vimal Shah and Bidco Africa Limited over series of alleged defamatory tweets.