{"id":119160,"date":"2025-08-02T08:07:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T08:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/08\/02\/dci-arrest-another-ex-police-officer-in-crackdown-on-fbi\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T08:07:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T08:07:53","slug":"dci-arrest-another-ex-police-officer-in-crackdown-on-fbi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/dci-arrest-another-ex-police-officer-in-crackdown-on-fbi\/","title":{"rendered":"DCI arrest another ex-police officer in crackdown on \u2018FBI\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 2 \u2013 Detectives have apprehended the third member of the controversial \u201cFighting Brutality and Impunity\u201d movement.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) arrested Hiram Kimathi, a former Police Constable, in Kinoru village, Meru County, following an intelligence-led operation on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is currently undergoing processing pending his arraignment,\u201d DCI said.<\/p>\n<p>His arrest comes a day after the government announced plans to place former police and military officers under strict surveillance following the emergence of groups led by ex-security officers to counter what they term as \u2018illegal\u2019 police operations.<\/p>\n<p>Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen said the government will scale up surveillance to cover all retired officers amid concerns that some could incite public unrest.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Crackdown <\/h2>\n<p>Murkomen warned Thursday that the government will dismantle all militia-style outfits operating under the guise of fighting police brutality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are some characters whom I saw online calling themselves forces fighting police brutality, yet they were carrying guns and dressed in jungle attire, trying to intimidate the people of Kenya,\u201d Murkomen said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are aware these individuals are establishing a military wing of their political activities. We will not allow that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The CS emphasized that former security officers, professionally trained in the use of arms by the State, bear a greater responsibility to uphold the law.<\/p>\n<p>Murkomen confirmed that the DCI had investigated, arrested, and charged several individuals linked to the group\u2019s activities.<\/p>\n<p>He cited the case of Patrick Nyambaka Osoi, a founding member of the \u2018Fighting Brutality and Impunity\u2019 (FBI) movement, who was arrested along Lang\u2019ata Road.<\/p>\n<p>DCI arraigned Osoi at the Kahawa Law Courts on charges under the Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2012, and for illegal possession of a firearm.<\/p>\n<p>In a related incident, DCI arrested Jackson Kuria Kihara, alias Cop Shakur, in Kahawa West with a red beret bearing the FBI symbol.<\/p>\n<p>Murkomen warned that impersonation of security officers and unauthorized wearing of police or military uniforms are serious crimes.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 2 \u2013 Detectives have apprehended the third member of the controversial \u201cFighting Brutality and Impunity\u201d movement. The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) arrested Hiram Kimathi, a former Police Constable, in Kinoru village, Meru County, following an intelligence-led operation on Friday. \u201cHe is currently undergoing processing pending his arraignment,\u201d DCI said. His arrest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119160\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}