Police siren, devices confiscated; Kin detail Rose Njeri’s arrest over Finance Bill site

Her offence? Creating a web application that would enable Kenyans reject few clauses in the 2025 Finance Bill that will be tabled in the National Assembly this month.

On Sunday, activists and family members gathered at Pangani police station, demanding the release of Njeri who was denied bail on Saturday.

Here, her mother pleaded with the government to release Njeri, whose two children, 14 and 3 years old, are waiting to welcome her home.

“She also has a medical condition. She keeps getting anaemia. So the cells are not a good place for her to be in,” said Njeri’s mother, Naomi Njoki.

Before Njeri’s family was blocked from visiting, her aunt, Eva Waithera, spent time with her on Saturday, where she took her through the Friday ordeal.

“They had sirens which alarmed the neighbours so much. There were three Subarus that had gone to arrest her. They harassed her, took her phone by force and injured her arm. She works from home, they also took her laptop, items from her printer,” Waithera narrated.

Waithera says Njeri is currently in the dark, not knowing what is going on.

“She is worried. She is in fear. She does not know what to do, the people she should talk to or not.

Counsel from the Law Society of Kenya is representing Njeri.