Kenya protesters found tortured after memorial march arrests in Nairobi
Six Kenyan protesters arrested at a Nairobi memorial march were found bruised and abused, intensifying scrutiny of police conduct as one remains missing.
Six protesters detained during a memorial march in Nairobi were found on June 27 with injuries and signs of abuse. The Kenya Human Rights Commission said the missing demonstrators had been “dumped and tortured” in different parts of the capital after a march that was meant to mark the second anniversary of the killings that followed the 2024 anti-government protests.
Families of people killed in those demonstrations, along with activists and politicians, marched through Nairobi on June 25, 2026 under heavy security and road closures. The march outside Parliament was intended to demand justice and compensation for victims of police violence. One person was still missing after the six were found.
The commission named the six as Boniface Mulinge Muteti, Elisha Ochieng Alam, Collins Otieno, Fredrick Ojiro, Christine Alubengo and Michael Ngige. It said the men and women were arrested outside Parliament, bundled into a police truck and never booked into any police station. The commission also said it documented seven enforced-disappearance incidents tied to the June 25 protests. The missing protesters were rushed to hospital after they were located.
Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen said about 355 people were arrested nationwide during the commemorations, and many were expected in court later.
On June 27, 2025, Kenya’s National Commission on Human Rights counted 19 deaths, 531 injuries, 15 enforced disappearances and 179 arrests during anniversary demonstrations. The Independent Policing Oversight Authority monitored protest policing on June 12, June 17, June 25 and July 7, 2025. Its findings put the toll at 65 killed and 513 injured across the June-July protests, including 195 civilian injuries on June 25 alone.
Kenya’s National Commission on Human Rights counted at least 63 people killed and 87 abducted between June and October 2024, while the Kenya Human Rights Commission later counted 1,376 arbitrary arrests and 74 forcibly disappeared people during the 2024 Gen-Z protests.
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