Ex-military officer and safety skilled Patrick Osoi has been arrested.
A press release from his communication workforce on Wednesday, July 30 indicated that the U.S veteran was in police custody.
“Patrick Osoi is being held at Muthaiga Police Station & being charged with preparation to commit felony,” learn an replace from his X account.
Early, it was reported that Osoi was picked up by closely armed males on the evening of Tuesday, July 29, 2025.
The purpose for his abduction and his whereabouts stays unknown.
“Free Patrick Osoi. He was kidnapped final evening by a contingent of closely armed males. Reasons for this are nonetheless unknown,” reads a part of the assertion.
Osoi is a declared presidential aspirant for the 2027 normal election, campaigning on a platform of safety reform, anti-corruption, governance reforms, and financial revitalization.
He has publicly criticized President William Ruto’s financial insurance policies, extrajudicial killings and police brutality.
Osoi criticized the police authorities for his or her preliminary statements suggesting potential connections to cults, serial killers, or rogue medical practitioners.
In one occasion, he accused the federal government of orchestrating the extrajudicial killings to suppress public dissent over the excessive price of residing and unemployment.
“The extrajudicial killings which might be happening seem like a transparent violation of worldwide human rights treaties that Kenya has ratified, notably the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Conventions towards Torture and Enforced Disappearances,” Osoi stated.
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Formations of Kenya’s FBI
In a press release on July 28, Osoi introduced the formation of Fighting Brutality and Impunity (FBI), which brings collectively officers with the identical agenda of combating for Kenyans.
He talked about that Cop Shakur and Police Constable Hiram Kimathi are a part of the FBI.
“Having served as a KDF Special Forces Soldier, NIS officer and a US Army Veteran, I’ve taken the solemn initiative of bringing collectively cops who share the identical ideology of combating for Kenyans by forming a motion dubbed Fighting Brutality and Impunity (FBI). Together with Cop Shakur and Hiram Kimathi, we current ourselves to struggle for the rights of each Kenyan mistreated by the police who comply with unlawful orders, victims of the June twenty fifth 2024 and subsequent occasions, households of these killed throughout all these occasions, cops and former cops who’ve been uncared for by the identical system they struggle for,” he stated.
Osoi said that the FBI’s mandate is to convey justice to our individuals, and they’re going to struggle tooth to nail to attain it.
Patrick Osoi, Cop Shakur & Hiram Kimathi Ready to Fight for Kenyans
On July 29, Osoi posted a photograph of himself with Cop Shakur and Constable Hiram on his X web page.
He affirmed that he would slightly die together with his head excessive, his religion unshaken, and a profound belief within the future of all Kenyans than dwell in modern-day slavery and seize by the political elitism.
Osoi argued that the partitions constructed to divide, silence and maintain energy in place can all the time be damaged.
“This day, I select dignity over chains, braveness over worry, and freedom over oppression. No pressure can silence the reality. No partitions can stand towards the individuals who refuse to kneel. And as Kenyans, we refuse to kneel to oppression! This initiative we now have taken comes at a price, a heavy one to pay. But what’s the purpose of staying silent when my fellow countrymen and girls can’t afford primary wants or when the Constitution of Kenya (CoK) can not defend them?” he requested.
He went forward to announce that the FBI has a political occasion which can be unveiled quickly.
Govt Weaponizing the Police Service
Osoi has additionally accused the federal government of weaponizing and politicizing the National Police Service (NPS).
He argues that the police are additionally people with unbiased voices and shouldn’t be punished for taking a place contradictory to their superiors.
“We can not weaponize and politicize the police pressure, particularly punishment, to perceived rebels within the forces. Before being cops, they’re people and Kenyans who’ve an unbiased voice,” he stated.
“It is in each proper to switch cops, nevertheless it’s not proper if they’re carried out so to punish them for talking a opposite opinion, which they’re proper.”
