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Kenyan activist boniface Mwangi charged over protests, freed on bail

Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi at a press conference in Nairobi, Kenya, on 2 June 2025. REUTERS - Thomas Mukoya

Kenyan rights activist Boniface Mwangi was charged on Monday with unlawful possession of ammunition over his alleged role in anti-government protests in June, according to court papers seen by news agencies. He was arrested on Saturday and is accused of facilitating "terrorist acts" during protests that rocked the country last month. He was freed on bail later on Monday.

Mwangi, 42, was arrested at his home near Nairobi on Saturday. He was held at a police station in the capital over the weekend and arraigned on Monday, Kenya's Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said on social media.

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