Boniface Mwangi: Kenya U-turn over charging prominent activist with terror offences

The police had earlier said that Boniface Mwangi would be charged with treason, sparking a huge outcry.

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He denied the charge and has been released on bail.

Mr Mwangi was not charged with "facilitation of terrorist acts", as the police had earlier said.

On Sunday, investigators said they had seized phones, a laptop, and notebooks from his Lukenya home on the outskirts of the capital, Nairobi, and hard drives, computers, tear gas canisters and a blank firearm round from his office in the city.

His arrest - and especially the suggestion that he would face terrorism charges - sparked a wave of condemnation, with human rights groups denouncing it as aimed at suppressing opposition voices. The activist denied the accusations against him, saying in a post on X: "I am not a terrorist."