Tuesday, while participating in a protest outside the Parliament Building, a prison warden who went by the social media handle Cop Shakur was taken into custody.
Videos circulated on the internet showed him holding a banner while wearing a white dustcoat stained with blood.
He claimed that he was pursuing justice for the people murdered at the most recent anti-tax demonstrations.
A portion of the poster said, “We want justice, not your condolences.”
It was raining when the Kamiti Medium Prison warden and his entourage of supporters pulled up at the Senate gate.
Ever since demonstrators broke through it on June 25, Parliament Road has been crowded with security officers.
The demonstrator first engaged security personnel at the gate in a push-and-pull game as he attempted to enter the precincts and obstructed vehicles from entering and exiting.
He was taken into custody and taken to the Parliament police cells by other police officers who showed up a short while later.
As they attempted to pull him away, the squad tore his coat, declaring that his protest was unlawful.
He resisted for a short while before giving up and they left.
After they got at the station, he revealed himself as Jackson Kuria Kihara alias Shakur, a prison warden at Kamiti Medium Prison.
Police stated that they are looking into the event and plan to ask the jail administration for more details about him.
Ahead of his scheduled arraignment, he was later transferred to Central Police Station.
