Senate Majority Leader Aaron Cheruiyot has questioned whether a motion he moved to enhance public participation may have inadvertently contributed to the arrest of activist Rose Njeri. "It bothers me, to be honest...
Then I thought when sitting there that probably I could be the reason for her arrest," said Cheruiyot during a live interview on Monday.
Njeri, a youth activist, was arrested on Friday, May 30, at her home in Nairobi South B estate by officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations. Authorities accuse her of creating Civic Email, an online platform that enabled Kenyans to send objections directly to Parliament.
She remains in custody at Pangani Police Station and is expected in court on Tuesday, June 4.
