- On Tuesday, Grace Njoki Mulei stormed Afya House during a SHA meeting led by Health CS Deborah Barasa and lectured the CS and her officials of holding meetings that yielded nothing
- She claimed the CS and her team were merely drinking tea and coffee, pretending to address critical healthcare issues while people were dying in hospitals because of SHA breakdown
- However, days later, Njoki was arrested under unclear circumstances but has since been released on Ksh. 10,000 cash bail
Grace Njoki Mulei, a medical practitioner who made headlines for storming Health Cabinet Secretary Deborah Barasa’s press briefing at Afya House last week, has been released on a Ksh.10,000 cash bail.
Njoki was apprehended Thursday night at Ladnan Hospital, Nairobi, where she had sought medical attention.
Her release from Capitol Hill Police Station on Friday, January 24, 2025, was marked by uncertainty, as the police remained unclear about the specific charges to press against her.
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Njoki, who was accompanied by a team of lawyers and former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko, gained freedom amid growing public intrigue over the incident that disrupted Barasa’s briefing.
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Outside the police station, her lawyer, Ndegwa Njiru, revealed that there was confusion over the legal grounds for Njoki’s arrest.
“The police seem uncertain about what exactly they are charging her with,” Njiru said, flanked by Sonko and other legal representatives.
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The dramatic arrest and subsequent release have sparked public debates about the motivations behind the bold act of disrupting a high-profile government briefing.
While Njoki’s reasons for the interruption remain undisclosed, the incident has put her in the spotlight as both a critic and a symbol of defiance in the healthcare sector.
