This archive report was first published on 18 July 2020.
Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja Arrested for Violating Curfew ¶
Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja was arrested on the night of Friday, July 17, 2020, in Kilimani, Nairobi, for violating curfew rules.
According to a police statement, Sakaja was found at a club along Dennis Pritt Road, where he was accused of resisting arrest, being violent, and inciting others.
“Today at around 1 am the Kilimani orderly officer received information that one bar within Dennis Pritt Road was still operating. On visiting the said place, he found about ten people seated outside drinking amongst them Senator Johnson Sakaja,” the police report stated.
A video surfaced online showing Sakaja in a police station asking for his phone, where he is heard telling a close associate, “Don’t get into trouble with me. I’ll fight this thing myself, just go.”
By the time of publishing, the Nairobi senator had been released to go home.
