Rights groups have raised concerns about the whereabouts of activist Rose Njeri, who was detained at Pangani police station.
Njeri, who spent the weekend at the station, was supposed to be arraigned in court on Tuesday. Amnesty International has demanded the immediate release of Njeri, asking for her whereabouts. "Amnesty International Kenya is shocked to learn that Rose Njeri was transferred from Pangani Police Station to an unknown destination by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations without any communication to her family or her lawyers yesterday," stated Irungu Houghton, Amnesty International Director. Njeri, a software engineer and coder, was arrested on May 30, accused of creating a web application that would enable Kenyans to reject a few clauses in the 2025 Finance Bill that is to be tabled in the National Assembly this month.
Amnesty noted that Njeri was coerced at the station into handing over her electronic gadgets with a password without legal representation.
She was also denied bail without any reason, as she had to spend over 80 hours at the station.
