He was arrested on Friday morning at gun point by Special Crimes Prevention Unit.
””They forced me into another car before being taken to Kamukunji police station,” he said on Twitter before pulling down the post.
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I don't agree with @RobertAlai on many occasions. However, arresting him over a death story on Kenyatta family is impunity. #FreeAlai
— Rein (@Asamoh_) August 19, 2017
Crazy Kenyatta Family should tell us which laws bars anyone from sharing the Kenyatta family photos on social media #FreeAlai
— Cyprian, Is Nyakundi (@C_NyaKundiH) August 19, 2017
Death is death. And no one should be intimidated by another by simply publishing that another is dead. #FreeAlai
— Lord Abraham Mutai (@ItsMutai) August 19, 2017
Robert Alai is arrested to pass the message to critical government bloggers. Soon bloggers will detained on flimsy grounds. #FreeAlai
— Rein (@Asamoh_) August 19, 2017
Whatever is happening in Kenya Gaddo spoke of it in 2013 #FreeAlai pic.twitter.com/N8D9lCt14s
— Lord Abraham Mutai (@ItsMutai) August 19, 2017
I thought Retrogressive Laws used to arrest bloggers were suspended? Or the Kenyatta family uses their own Katiba? @Disembe #FreeAlai
— Cyprian, Is Nyakundi (@C_NyaKundiH) August 19, 2017
The blogger has not yet been charged.
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