Wanjigi arrested, to spend night at Kamukunji police station

Businessman Jimi Wanjigi has been arrested.

The businessman will be detained at Kamukunji police station.

Wanjigi is being detained over what police claimed were unlicenced firearms found in his house.

Police said he will be prosecuted on Tuesday, August 20.

A senior officer claimed that the arrest had nothing to do with an earlier probe into the Nane Nane protests.

“It’s a new matter and not the Nane Nane or the tear gas canister issue,” the officer alleged.

At around 4.20 pm, Wanjigi posted on his X account saying police were detaining him.

“The DCI has illegally arrested me despite numerous court orders barring the same arrest,” he said.

Wanjigi had Monday presented himself before police for grilling over claims of sponsoring Nane Nane protests.

The detectives were also to question him over claims of possession of teargas canisters at his Muthaiga home, in Nairobi.

He has denied the claims and termed them politically motivated.

Wanjigi had been asked to appear before the police on August 19 at Nairobi Area DCI offices for grilling.

This is after they had on August 8, tried to arrest him at his house in vain.

Wanjigi, accompanied by his legal team, arrived at the Nairobi Area at about 2 pm before being ushered in for the grilling session.

Wanjigi had moved to court where he obtained an order stopping his arrest.

The court on August 16 extended the orders stopping the police from arresting him.

Justice Bahati Mwamuye extended the order to September 19 but at the same time said he could not issue an order stopping any registration of a charge sheet against Wanjigi.

The Judge said the application filed by Wanjigi only touched on issues of arrest and not prosecution.

Wanjigi’s advocate Willis Otieno sought the order.