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Activist Nzioka Muli during an interview at Jevanjee gardens after his release from Muthaiga Police Station. [Fred Kagonye, Standard]
Nzioka Muli, an activist vocal on X who was arrested on Friday night and freed on Saturday afternoon, claimed that police arrested him over a December 13, 2025, post about debt, land and natural resources on the platform.
A hashtag calling for his release trended for a better part of Saturday morning with speculation rife that he may have been arrested over a post by Maverick Aoko about National Intelligence Service boss Noordin Haji that he quoted and made a comment.
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