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Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have confirmed the arrest of police officer Hiram Kimathi.
Kimathi was apprehended by detectives at his home in the Kambakia area of Makutano, Meru County, with the DCI revealing the arrest followed an intelligence-led operation.
The arrest, which took place around 1pm on Friday, August 1, is believed to be linked to the formation of a controversial new group dubbed Fighting Brutality and Impunity (FBI).
Kimathi’s arrest came just days after two of his counterparts, Jackson Kuria Kimani, alias Cop Shakur, and former Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) officer Patrick Osoi, were apprehended.
A collage of Police Constable Hillary Kimathi and marching orders on July 10, 2025.
Police Constable Hillary Kimathi
The trio, according to detectives, are the masterminds behind the controversial movement, which purports to be committed to fighting impunity.
Kimathi went viral earlier in July after taking to social media to openly decline an official transfer to Todonyang, Turkana County.
The police constable took to his social media to allege that he had been transferred from Kyumbi Police Station, near Machakos Junction, to the remote Todonyang Police Station on the border of Kenya and Ethiopia.
In the video, he courted controversy by claiming he was being used by the government to send a message to officers who refused to get in line with the regime.
According to a letter he posted, he was instructed to report to the Officer Commanding Station (OCS) for further instructions upon arrival at Todonyang Police Station.
Since his arrest, Kimathi’s lawyers have decried the authorities’ failure to indicate the reasons for his detention. The DCI, meanwhile, confirmed that the constable would undergo processing, pending arraignment.
Days earlier, Cop Shakur suffered a similar fate, as he was arrested outside the Kahawa Law Courts, where he had gone to show solidarity with Patrick Osoi, a former Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldier and US Army veteran, who had been apprehended a day earlier.
Cop Shakur, a former Kenya Prisons Service officer, was stopped by officers on his way to court, where he filmed the entire ordeal.
Prison Officer Jackson Kuria Kihara, also known as Shakur the Cop protesting in June 2024.
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