Lawyer and activist Morara Kebaso was reportedly arrested yesterday at his office in Kahawa Sukari and taken into police custody.
According to lawyer Pareno Solonka, a close associate of Morara, the activist is being detained at the Regional Police Headquarters.
In an update on X on Monday, September 30, Solonka claimed that both lawyers and members of the press have been denied access to Morara.
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“Morara is being detained at the Regional Police Headquarters. The police officers have declined to allow access to Morara, even to me as his lawyer.
“The police at the gate have said they have clear instructions from the top not to allow any lawyer or media person to see Morara,” Solonka wrote on X.
He added, “What kind of police service do we have here, they have no respect for the constitution and no respect for the rule of law… We should condemn it in the strongest way possible,” he added.
This arrest comes barely a month after Kebaso claimed that the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) is pursuing him due to his activism against government corruption.
In an interview on August 26, 2024, he reported feeling unsafe, particularly when offline.
“My family is scared to death, especially when I seek out these fake projects and they realise I’ve turned off my phone or am not answering their calls,” he stated.
Kebaso recounted an incident during the Nane Nane protests where he evaded arrest by using CCTV footage to identify a suspicious vehicle outside his home.
He described how he escaped by hiding in a neighbor’s car after climbing over a wall.
“I woke up, checked the CCTV, and noticed a double-cabin car parked at the gate. The number plate wasn’t registered on NTSA, so I left it there, climbed the wall, and went to my neighbour’s place. I hid in his car’s boot, and he took me with him. That’s how I attended the Nane Nane demos. I’m certain they are following me,” he said.
Kebaso also described the DCI’s tracking techniques, alleging that they use triangulation to locate suspects based on their phone calls and texts.
At the time of publishing, the reasons for Morara’s arrest remained unclear.
