We’re releasing Mildred Owiso and her husband on bond, Industrial Area OCPD says as Sakaja challenges Mutyambai

By Lenox Sengre and Brian Okoth

Industrial Area OCPD Abdikadir Sheikh has told K24 Digital that activist Mildred Atieno Owiso and her husband, Joram Odhiambo, will not spend the weekend in police custody should they pay a police bond that will be imposed on them.

Owiso and Odhiambo were arrested from their Donholm home in Nairobi on Saturday, January 25, after Owiso allegedly incited the public to violence during her arrest over alleged traffic offence on Jogoo Road on Thursday, January 23.

Police say Owiso’s husband, Odhiambo, was driving his wife’s car, when they were flagged down over an alleged traffic offence.

“We will charge the two in court on Monday with causing disturbance and inciting the public to violence,” said Sheikh, who did not reveal the amount of money the couple will part with as police bond.

K24 Digital, has, however, learnt from DCI officers handling the case that the couple will be released on police bond of Ksh15, 000 each.

Meanwhile, Owiso’s arrest sparked mixed reactions on Facebook and Twitter, with Kenyans calling for the release of the activist, who, according to a section, “did not do anything wrong by asking a traffic cop to leave Owiso’s car”.

Nairobi senator Johnson Sakaja is among the people who spoke publicly about Owiso’s arrest.

Addressing the BBI gathering at the Mama Ngina Waterfront in Mombasa on Saturday, Sakaja said: “Inspector General [of Police Hillary Mutyambai], ask your juniors to go easy on Kenyans. Today, they arrested and harassed an activist known as Owiso for no apparent reason.”