Boniface Mwangi faces arrest after missing court date in assault case

Dzuya Walter
By Dzuya Walter June 12, 2025 12:38 (EAT)
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A warrant of arrest has been issued against activist Boniface Mwangi after he failed to appear in court to take a plea.

According to the charge sheet, Mwangi is required to respond to allegations of assaulting a police officer.

The court has directed that the matter be mentioned on the 14th of next month before Court 1.

As per the charge sheet, it is alleged that on the 20th day of April 2025, at the Metropolitan Court in the Kilimani area within Dagoretti Sub-County, Nairobi County, Mwangi willfully and unlawfully assaulted No. 218181 Sgt. Osman Omar, a police officer acting in the execution of his duties, thereby causing him actual bodily harm.

In a separate count, it is alleged that on the 2nd day of April 2025, at the same location, Mwangi also willfully and unlawfully assaulted No. 87673 PC Robert Oyola, another police officer performing his duties, occasioning him actual bodily harm.

Additionally, it is alleged that on the 2nd day of April 2025, at the Metropolitan Court along Airwing Kodhek Road in the Kilimani area, Dagoretti Sub-County, Nairobi County, Mwangi, while in a public place, used abusive language directed at Sgt. Osman Omar,  with the intent to provoke a breach of the peace.

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