Kenya: TikToker Arrested for Allegedly Inciting Violence Against Police Officers and Family

Kenya: TikToker Arrested for Allegedly Inciting Violence Against Police Officers and Family

Nairobi- Kenya -- The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) says it has arrested the suspect behind a viral video inciting violence against police officers and their families.

Tiktoker Kakan Maiyo Freed On Sh10,000 Bail After Tiktok Incitement Allegations

Maiyo, arrested by detectives at Kimathi House in Nairobi, where he operates a logistics business under the name LetaPeleka Logistics, was apprehended because he was allegedly behind a viral TikTok video that incited violence against police officers and their families

Lawyers demand police produce detained TikToker or face court action

Lawyers representing popular TikToker Godfrey Mwasiage Kakan, who was arrested by detectives at his shop on Kimathi Street on Wednesday, have threatened to file a habeas corpus application if police fail to present him in court. One of his lawyers Philip Biko Maiyo said Mr Kakan should have been presented at the Kahawa Law Courts […]

TikToker Tatu searching for Cliff Hirneisen claiming unpaid living expenses

A Kenyan TikTok creator, Tatu, says he has been left unpaid after hosting a foreigner who claimed to have lost his passport in Nairobi. In a video posted July 10 on his account @thithad3, he alleges that his guest, identified online as Cliff Hirneisen, did not honour a verbal agreement to reimburse living expenses incurred during their stay together. The mzungu ditched me. He did not pay me. He did not refund me. He ate at my place. He lived at …

Kenyan Tiktoker arrested for inciting violence against police - Detectives tracked him down to Kimathi House in Nairobi CBD

Thursday, July 10, 2025 - A Kenyan TikToker identified as Godfrey Mwasiaga Kakan Maiyo has been arrested following the circulation of a viral video in which he is accused of inciting violence against police officers and their families. In the controversial video, posted to his personal TikTok account, the suspect allegedly issued inflammatory remarks calling for attacks on law enforcement personnel, sparking outrage online and prompting swift ac…

DCI confirms arrest of TikToker Kakan Maiyo

DCI say the TikToker will be arraigned later on.