Jubilee party and Azimio coalition blogger Pauline Njoroge has been arrested by officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).
According to lawyer Ndegwa Njiru, the blogger was arrested in Watamu, Kilifi County.
The blogger has been critical of President William Ruto and the Kenya Kwanza regime for the policies.
A report filed at Watamu Police Station now indicates that the Azimio blogger was arrested after she was found to be in possession of tablets suspected to be narcotics.
The report seen by the Nai Haps further says Njoroge was arrested alongside two others including a driver of a vehicle in which they were aboard.
Police claim after intercepting the vehicle which the three were using, a search of the car led to a discovery of a substance believed to be drugs.
“At around 1630 hours, officers from DCI Kilifi county while tracing for one Pauline Njoroge, intercepted a motor vehicle along Watamu Jacaranda road and upon search from the vehicle, four rolls of dry plant material suspected to be narcotic drugs were recovered,” the police report read in part.
According to police, the occupants of the vehicle were Njoroge, Jane Mwangi Nduta and Emanze Jilani, a Giriama male adult who was the driver.
Police say they proceeded to a residential house Njoroge and Nduta had booked and a further discovery of suspected drugs was made.
“A further search was conducted at their residence at Mawe Zuri resort house number Tatu which was occupied by Jane Mwangi and a clear container containing ten (10) tablets suspected to be narcotic substances was recovered and in house number Nne which was occupied by Pauline Njoki Njoroge, a clear container containing 50(fifty) tablets suspected to be narcotic substances was also recovered,” the police report adds.
Azimio co-principal Martha Karua called for the release of the blogger.
She quoted Njiru’s tweet tagging the Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome, the National Police Service, and the Independent Policing Oversight Authority.
She also tagged lobby groups Amnesty International and Kenya National Commission on Human Rights as well as the United Nations and Africa Union Political Party Affairs.
Njoroge is a close ally of retired President Uhuru Kenyatta and in the run-up to the 2022 general elections, she led bloggers in drumming up support for Azimio presidential candidate Raila Odinga.
She recently claimed that some unnamed people in the government approached her to switch sides and even offered to pay her Sh500,000 per month.
