This archive report was first published on 18 July 2020.
On July 18, 2020, Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja found himself in a spot of trouble after being arrested for drinking during curfew hours.
According to a police report, Sakaja was drinking at a bar along Dennis Pritt Road with 10 others when the first team of officers told him to leave. However, he defied the order, prompting the police to call in their seniors.
Deputy Kilimani sub County police commander Adan Hassan arrived at the scene and ordered Sakaja to leave, but he refused and dared the police to handcuff him.
“On visiting the said place, (police) found about 10 seated outside drinking. Sakaja became violent raising hands to be handcuffed,” the report reads.
He was arrested together with three others who refused to give their names for disobeying curfew orders and inciting others. In the course of arrest, the others escaped.
While in custody, Sakaja was asked to be given free bond but refused to leave police cells, threatening to transfer all officers within 24 hours.
