Charles Kuria wa Wamwere, the brother of detained writer, human rights activist and former Member of Parliament Koigi wa Wamwere, has been admitted to the Nairobi Hospital after falling ill at the Kamiti Maximum Security Prison, their mother said on 26 October 1996. Their mother, Monica Wangu Wamwere, also said that Koigi wa Wamwere’s health […]
Charles Kuria wa Wamwere, the brother of detained writer, human
rights activist and former Member of Parliament Koigi wa Wamwere,
has been admitted to the Nairobi Hospital after falling ill at the
Kamiti Maximum Security Prison, their mother said on 26 October
1996. Their mother, Monica Wangu Wamwere, also said that Koigi wa
Wamwere’s health has deteriorated for lack of proper treatment in
prison.
**Updates IFEX alerts dated 14, 9, 8 October, 5 September,
26 July, 14 February 1996 and others**
She was unsure about Charles Kuria wa Wamwere’s date of admission.
She said he had contracted typhoid at Kamiti last year and that
she had been buying drugs for him.
Monica Wangu Wamwere said that she went to Kamiti Prison on 9 and
10 October to see her sons after learning that they were ailing,
but was denied access to them by the prison authorities.
Background Information
Koigi wa Wamwere, Charles Kuria wa Wamwere and ex-Army Captain G.
G Njuguna Ngengi were jailed for four years each by Nakuru Chief
Magistrate William Tuiyot, who found them guilty of robbery. The
three and Koigi wa Wamwere’s brother-in-law James Maigua had been
charged with raiding the Bahati Police Station in 1993, armed with
a home-made pistol. Maigua was acquitted for lack of sufficient
evidence against him (see IFEX alerts).
