Six activists who were reportedly arrested on Thursday during the Gen Z protest commemoration have now been reported missing.
Activists who gathered at the Milimani courthouse to witness the release of other protesters said all their efforts to find the activists had been fruitless as they called on the government to release them.
One of the activists, Shakira Wafula, called on the government to release the six or present them in court, as they prepare to file a missing persons report.
Ernest Oduor, from the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC), said: “We are sending an alarm that some of the people who were arrested yesterday by the police and it was caught on camera cannot be traced. We cannot find Fredrick Odhiambo Ojiro, Davis Luchuma, Elisha Alam, Collins Ochieng, Muteti Mulinge and Michael Ngige.”
The activists said they had been searching for the missing persons in vain.
The images of their arrest were captured and widely circulated. Police authorities in Nairobi said they do not know where the men are.
Meanwhile, more than 200 suspects arrested during the June 25 demonstrations in Nairobi were arraigned at the Milimani Law Courts and charged with obstructing motor vehicles and disrupting traffic flow on major roads in Nairobi.
According to the charge sheets presented before the court, the accused persons are alleged to have, on June 25, 2026, at around 9:30 a.m. along Landhies Road, unlawfully assembled on a section of the road and obstructed the operations of motor vehicles.
The prosecution further alleges that the suspects blocked the road by heaping stones and burning tyres, thereby causing obstruction and inconvenience to other road users, contrary to the law.
Those arraigned include 12 suspects from Kamukunji Police Station, 58 from Shauri Moyo Police Station, 46 from Industrial Area Police Station, and 87 from Central Police Station.
The accused denied the charges and were released on a cash bail of Sh1,000 each. The case will be mentioned on July 2.
