Prison warden Jackson Kihara Kuri in court on January 16, 2025/EZEKIEL AMING'AJackson Kuria, alias Cop Shakur, a prison warden who joined Kenyans in the anti-finance bill protests in June last year, will spend the next three days in custody pending a probe into cybercrime and mutiny offenses.
Kuria was arrested on January 15, at the Kamiti maximum prison staff residence and booked at the Muthaiga police station before being arraigned in court under a miscellaneous application.
The DCI told Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina that they required 21 more days to enable them to complete investigations.
They are probing him on matters relating to the alleged publication of false information and inciting a mutiny contrary to Section 47 of the penal code.
The court was told that Kuria allegedly operates on a social media account on X under the handle @Copshakur.
Prison warden Jackson Kihara Kuri in court on January 16, 2025/EZEKIEL AMiNG'AHis postings, according to the police, "are a serious threat to national security and inciteful to other members of the disciplined services."
The DCI told the court that at the time of his arrest, his phone was seized and they would require sufficient time to subject it to forensic examination.
"Due to the bulky nature of the expected data and digital evidence involved that's yet to be examined and comprehensively analysed, there is a need for an extension of time to facilitate the ongoing investigations," read the DCI affidavit in part.
They also stated that Shakur, being a trained disciplined services officer, has the capacity to interfere with the probe as he is trained in the use of firearms.
Onyina, however, rejected the request to hold him for 21 days and gave the police three days. He is to be produced in court on Monday.