Govt Drops Terrorism Charges Against Boniface Mwangi

The prosecution has dropped terrorism charges against activist Boniface Mwangi following his arrest on Saturday.
Instead, Mwangi, who was arraigned at the Kahawa Law Courts on Monday morning, has been charged with two counts of possession of ammunition without a valid firearm certificate.
In a charge sheet seen byKenyans.co.ke,the activist was accused of being in possession of three teargas cannisters and one round ofblank ammunition.
“On July 19, 2025, at Mageuzi Hub in Nairobi County within the Republic of Kenya, you were found in possession of noxious substances, to wit, three teargas cannisters without lawful authority,” count one reads.
“On July 19, 2025, at Mageuzi Hub in Nairobi County within the Republic of Kenya, you were found in possession of one round of 7.62×21mm blank ammunitionwithout lawful authority,” count two reads.
On Saturday, July 19, detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) raided his offices in Hurlingham and arrested him in relation to “facilitation of terrorism”.
While confirming the arrest the following day, DCI claimed that it had recovered several items, including a7.62mm blank round, and two unused teargas cannisters— not the three mentioned in the charge sheet.
Other items listed in the DCI reports were nine assorted external hard drives, two laptops, company seals for two companies, a company stamp, six cheque books, and copies of stamp duty documents.
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