Why Okiya Omtatah has occupied a special place in the hearts of Kenyan’s

Kenyans have watched not once but countless times renowned human rights activist Okiya Omtatah single handedly defending the rights of common mwananchi.

Okiya has now revealed what he plans to do with over Kshs 500,000 that was raised by members of the public in 2018.

During  an interview with The Standard, he stated that he would open what he called the Office of the Public Defender.

Omtatah’s new Non-Governmental Organisation will be used to defend the rights of the public.

“I already have some 10 young lawyers who do not have the capacity to set up their own practices but are equally good,” he stated.

“Our main focus will be to do proper oversight like demand the right information and enforce the bill of rights,” Omtatah continued.

He told the journalists that he would be engaged in work that independent commissions should be doing but they have been captured by people in power.

“If they did their work, then I would not need to do what I do,” he lamented.

The celebrated public defender is also planning to publish a book about the Chinese invasion of Kenya.

“I am trying to look at the issue of the Chinese. I am writing a novel on how China is taking over this country and how the Chinese influence is taking away our sovereignty,” he divulged.

It will be a fictional account that can nudge the population into raising more questions about the Asian economic giant.

Do you think Okiya is fit to run for a political seat?

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