Plain Clothes In Subarus Arrest Nairobi Businessman After Gachagua Exposé

Maiyo, a founder of a business known as Leta Peleka along Kimathi Lane in Nairobi, was picked up from his office by the plainclothes officers who arrived in two Subarus.

Marvin Chege Marvin Chege
Jul 9, 2025 - 22:26 Updated: Jul 9, 2025 - 22:47
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Plain Clothes In Subarus Arrest Nairobi Businessman After Gachagua Exposé
Collage of plain clothes officers arresting Kakan Maiyo on July 9, 2025 and Subaru vehicles spotted in Ngong on July 7, 2025. /VIRAL TEA KE

Plain clothes officers who arrived in Subaru vehicles arrested a Nairobi-based businessman, Kakan Maiyo, on Wednesday evening, July 9.

Maiyo, a founder of a business known as Leta Peleka along Kimathi Lane in Nairobi, was picked up from his office by the plainclothes officers who arrived in two Subarus.

A video obtained exclusively by Viral Tea showed the officers manhandling Maiyo, who could be heard lamenting why they were forcing him out of his office.

The officers were alleged to have stated that they were taking him to the Capitol Hill Police Station, but did not indicate the reason for his arrest.

A photo of Kakan Maiyo holding a Kenyan flag. /KAN MAIYO.FACEBOOK

His family has been searching for him since then, but they can't trace him. Speaking to Viral Tea, his lawyer, David, revealed that "I was called by one of his employees who informed me that guys in two Subarus came for him at his office in Kimathi House. They told his employees that they're taking him to the Capitol Hill police station."

"We went there, but he was not booked in that station. We went to the Nairobi Area, and he was also not there. Later, we were informed that he was taken to DCI headquarters," he disclosed, adding that he would be taken to an unknown police station to spend the night.

Maiyo has been vocal on his social media handles, criticising the government. One of the posts on June 30, accompanied by a photo of him holding the Kenyan flag, read:

"We live in times where intelligent people are silenced so that fools aren't offended. Where corruption is celebrated, Sympathised and Protected, while Demand for Justice is called Anarchy. Children of God, there's a shift in the Spirit, mantles are hanging and the Nation and our generation awaits for our Manifestation,to rise up and Act for Justice. Stand up, Position yourself Now!"

The involvement of the officers in Subarus in the arrest is likely to bring fresh scrutiny, given that hours ago, former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua claimed that the heavily armed convoy riding in unmarked Subaru vehicles that descended on several protest hotspots during Monday, July 7’s Saba Saba demonstrations operated under the direction of the National Intelligence Service (NIS).

Reiterating his remarks regarding the existence of a killer squad in the police service formed under President William Ruto's orders, Gachagua on Wednesday, July 9, during a media address, alleged that the squad was operating under the guise of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), thus pinning blame on the investigative agency for the terror they unleashed on citizens on July 7.

"A killer squad of 101 that works under the Director-General of the NIS was armed with assault rifles and drove in a convoy of unmarked Subarus, shooting and killing innocent protesters aimlessly in the streets and estates. This squad in Subarus, hooded and masked against court orders, are disguising themselves as DCI officers, yet we know they are not," he stated.

"I'd like to clarify that the National Intelligence Service (NIS) has procured Subaru vehicles to give the impression that this killer gang is part of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI). The truth of the matter is, this has nothing to do with the DCI; this is the NIS. This squad of 101 people was formed when I was still in government."

Kenyans have for weeks been protesting police brutality, poor governance and the high cost of living, while demanding President William Ruto's resignation.

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