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Outcry as DCI detains equipment from crew behind BBC's 'The Blood Parliament'

DCI summons four Kenyan Filmmakers Linked to BBC 'Blood Parliament' Documentary on 6th May 2025. [Edward Kiplimo,Standard]

Civil society groups, legal practitioners, and relatives of four filmmakers arrested last Friday are mounting pressure on the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to return confiscated electronic equipment, days after their release on free bond.

The items still held by DCI include phones, laptops, and CPU units, which the filmmakers rely on for their daily production work.

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