A popular Mombasa-based TikToker, Shedrack Omondi Okindo, widely known by his online alias Hon. Mosquito, has been arrested following the circulation of a controversial video that sparked public concern. The video, shared on TikTok on August 1, allegedly contained remarks viewed as inciting violence and threatening public order.
Detectives say the content of the video was in defense of three former security agents who are already in custody. Following forensic digital trails, officers tracked Okindo to his alleged hideout in the Miritini area of Mombasa County, where he was arrested and taken into custody.
Authorities further revealed that a search of his residence uncovered incriminating items, including two pairs of tactical combat fatigues, three mobile phones, assorted documents connected to a group called the Justice Direction Party, and a notebook with a message referring to “guerrilla resistance tactics.”
Okindo is currently undergoing interrogation and processing as he awaits arraignment in court.
His arrest is part of a wider crackdown that has also seen the detention of several individuals alleged to be behind a movement named Fighting Brutality and Impunity (FBI). Among them is police officer Hiram Kimathi, who was apprehended at his residence in the Kambakia area of Makutano, Meru County.
Kimathi had reportedly resisted a transfer to Turkana, triggering suspicion from authorities. He is accused, alongside Jackson Kuria Kimani, alias Cop Shakur, and Patrick Osoi, a former Kenya Defence Forces and US Army officer, of forming the FBI group. The group allegedly aimed to recruit both serving and retired officers to resist unlawful government actions.
Kimathi has already been presented in court, where police were granted more time to detain him for further investigation. The suspects face multiple charges including preparing to commit a felony, illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition, and offences under the Prevention of Terrorism Act.
Osoi, who previously expressed intentions to contest the presidency in 2027 under the FBI movement, is said to have links to former intelligence services.
All suspects deny the allegations as investigations continue. The court has granted police 14 days to complete their probe into what authorities describe as a coordinated plan that threatens national security.
