Police most wanted Kenyan Bloggers

Yassin Juma
A list of bloggers and journalists who are perceived to be causing unrest among Kenyans by either posting images of KDF soldiers who were killed by Al Shabaab militants in Somalia or being too critic of the government has been released. The bloggers include: Robert Alai, Cyprian Nyakundi, Patrick Msafari, Seth Odongo, Charles Dienya, Anthony Mburu, Eddy Illah, Phelix G-Cord, George Nyongesa and Yassin Juma.
Arrest is on going and the latest to be arrested was blogger and journalist Yassin Juma. He spent his nights in police custody after his arrest on Saturday night from his Donholm home. He was booked at the Muthaiga police cells for misusing a licensed telecommunication gadget under section 29 of the Information and Communication Act.
Robert Alai
Another famous blogger  in the list is Robert Alai. He is expected to present himself before a team of Directorate of Criminal Investigations along Kiambu Road. Alai said he was summoned for grilling after he tweeted about the president. “They summoned me on Friday over a tweet I had posted on my timeline but I told them I will be there on Monday. I don’t know what they want but it seems you can’t criticise the government,” said Alai. 

Blogger Patrick Msafari popularly known as @moderncorps was arrested and detained in custody overnight before being released on Friday. Msafari said he was ordered to return to DCI headquarters Monday for further grilling. “They were asking me why I criticise the government and if I knew where other wanted bloggers are. We are under threat,” said Msafari. He added the officers also confiscated his mobile phones and defaced his accounts, which he termed as illegal and impunity.

Cyprian Nyakundi
Political blogger Cyprian Nyakundi spent two days in police custody before being freed on intervention of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution. He said he was being questioned on the whereabouts of other wanted bloggers and why he was critical of government at large. “I told them it is my right to support a certain political stand. I realised they don’t want us to talk ill of some people even when they are wrong. They want us to be patriotic. But I wonder how and why in this state,” he said.

Eddy Illah
Eddy Reuben Illah was arrested on January 19, 2016 and charged with publishing prohibited material for sharing images of what he alleged were Kenyan soldiers killed in an Al Shabaab attack, via a WhatsApp group. Illah has denied the charge and has been remanded in custody pending the hearing of his case on February 9, 2016.
 Seth Okoth alias Dikembe Disembe is in hiding after he learnt he was wanted. He said he had been informed the team of detectives is after him over his tweets. “They have been asking those so far arrested on where I am. I don’t know what this government wants,” he said.

Elijah Kinyanjui, a Nakuru based journalist, was arrested by Nakuru DCI for misuse of a licensed telecommunication gadget. A Kenya Broadcasting Corporation journalist, Judith Akolo, was also summoned by police and questioned for hours for retweeting a tweet questioning why an advert for police promotions was released on the eve of the deadline.
The 10 bloggers and journalists have hired Siaya Senator James Orengo to defend before the Directorate of Criminal Investigations on Wednesday.