Eight key suspects linked to the July 3, 2025, arson attack on Mawego Police Station in Rachuonyo North sub-county, Homa Bay County, were on Tuesday arraigned at the Kahawa Law Courts.
The move to charge the group with the serious offenses comes in the wake of the crackdown on suspects behind a series of attacks on government installations during the June 25 and July 7 protests.
More than 1500 suspects have since been charged in courts with various offenses including terrorism.
The suspects, Kennedy Oluoch Oluoch, Nicholas Otieno, Tofiq Owiti Mohamed, Michael Omondi Opiyo, David Bill Clinton Otieno, Robert Ouko Abala, Samuel Ouma Odhiambo, and Erick Obunga Osumba, had been detained under custodial orders issued by the Oyugis Law Court.
They appeared before Kahawa Senior Principal Magistrate Richard Koech, where they faced three counts including terrorism charges contrary to the law.
“Count I: Commission of a terrorist act, contrary to Section 4(1) of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA). Count II: Arson, contrary to Section 332 of the Penal Code.
Count III: Malicious damage to property, contrary to Section 339 of the Penal Code,” The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) noted in a statement.
The prosecution opposed the granting of bond, an application that was contested by the defence.
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