Robert Alai, HSC is a Kenyan blogger and cyber-activist. Alai, who used to run the now defunct information technology weblog at Techmtaa.com[1] has earned notoriety for his stream of social rants. He has been sued and briefly incarcerated for his highly opinionated political and sometimes personal attacks on politicians, government officials and business leaders.[2][3][4]
On 17 June 2019 Robert Alai was arrested in Nairobi and detained for 14 days for sharing gory photos of police officers who were killed by an IED attack in Wajir. In the wake of the Westgate shopping mall attack in Nairobi where over 65 people were killed, Alai was praised, both by local and international media for his timely and creative use of social media, mainly Twitter, to provide updates of what was happening at the mall. His accounts were considered as being more accurate than - and sometimes contradicting - the updates provided by the authorities.[5][6]
Controversy and arrestsedit
In December 2014, Ndegwa Muhoro, the Kenya CID Chief, ordered the arrest of Robert Alai for allegedly sharing President Uhuru Kenyatta's contacts on Twitter.[7] He was consequently charged "with undermining Uhuru".[8] Alai's Twitter handle @robertalai was suspended on 18 December 2014, but was later reinstated.[9]
robert, alai, neutrality, this, article, disputed, relevant, discussion, found, talk, page, please, remove, this, message, until, conditions, november, 2016, learn, when, remove, this, template, message, kenyan, blogger, cyber, activist, alai, used, defunct, i. The neutrality of this article is disputed Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page Please do not remove this message until conditions to do so are met November 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message Robert Alai HSC is a Kenyan blogger and cyber activist Alai who used to run the now defunct information technology weblog at Techmtaa com 1 has earned notoriety for his stream of social rants He has been sued and briefly incarcerated for his highly opinionated political and sometimes personal attacks on politicians government officials and business leaders 2 3 4 Robert AlaiBornNairobi KenyaNationalityKenyanOther namesRobert Alai OnyangoOccupationBloggerWebsitewww wbr techmtaa wbr com Contents 1 Notable incidents 2 Controversy and arrests 3 References 4 External linksNotable incidents editOn 17 June 2019 Robert Alai was arrested in Nairobi and detained for 14 days for sharing gory photos of police officers who were killed by an IED attack in Wajir In the wake of the Westgate shopping mall attack in Nairobi where over 65 people were killed Alai was praised both by local and international media for his timely and creative use of social media mainly Twitter to provide updates of what was happening at the mall His accounts were considered as being more accurate than and sometimes contradicting the updates provided by the authorities 5 6 Controversy and arrests editIn December 2014 Ndegwa Muhoro the Kenya CID Chief ordered the arrest of Robert Alai for allegedly sharing President Uhuru Kenyatta s contacts on Twitter 7 He was consequently charged with undermining Uhuru 8 Alai s Twitter handle robertalai was suspended on 18 December 2014 but was later reinstated 9 References edit Techmtaa The Star co ke The Star co ke 25 June 2013 Retrieved 18 January 2014 Correspondent Nation Nation co ke Nation co ke Retrieved 18 January 2014 Standardmedia co ke Standardmedia co ke 23 August 2013 Retrieved 18 January 2014 www standardmedia co ke 24 September 2013 SDE Standardmedia co ke Retrieved 18 January 2014 BBC BBC 24 September 2013 Retrieved 18 January 2014 Ndegwa Muhoro orders arrest of blogger Robert Alai for allegedly sharing Uhuru s contacts on Twitter The Star Archived from the original on 17 December 2014 Blogger Alai charged with undermining Uhuru Nairobi News nairobinews co ke Twitter Account Suspended twitter com External links editTechmtaa Com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Robert Alai amp oldid 1090346582, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
