In a post on X, Itumbi has urged authorities to counter the narrative by creating their own documentary on the violence and political maneuvers surrounding the storming of parliament and the invasion of the armoury at the mausoleum.
"BBC told their story. Let them be, free the journalists" he said.
This comes amid heightened tensions over media freedom in Kenya, following the journalists' dramatic arrest who have already been released.
ARRESTING BBC journalists merely for making a film is UNNECESSARY.
There is an alternative story on the violence and political planning that unleashed storming of bunge and invading the armoury at the Mosoleum, make an alternative documentary, tell the other story.
BBC told...- -Dennis Itumbi, CBS (@OleItumbi) May 3, 2025
Four Kenyan filmmakers, Nicholas Wambugu, Brian Adagala, Mark Karubiu, and Christopher Wamae, were released on free bond.
This is after being arrested on charges of "false publication."
The arrests, which initially sparked speculation of a connection to the controversial BBC documentary "Blood Parliament".
The documentary exposed the brutal crackdown by security forces on protesters during the 2024 #OccupyParliament demonstrations against a finance bill.
However, the BBC quickly moved to clarify that the filmmakers were not involved in the documentary.
The BBC Press Office has clarified that the four journalists arrested in Nairobi had no role in producing the Blood Parliament documentary.
In a statement shared by CNN International Correspondent, Larry Madowo on X, a BBC spokesperson said, "We have been made aware of the arrest of four journalists in Kenya. To confirm, they were not involved in any way in the making of BBC Africa Eye's Blood Parliament documentary."
This clarification came after Kenyans, questioned the BBC's silence on the arrests, with many speculating that the detentions were retaliatory following the documentary's release.
