State House Head of Presidential Special Projects Dennis Itumbi has faulted the police for arresting four filmmakers in Nairobi.
The quartet, Nicholas Wambugu, Brian Adagala, MarkDenver Karubiu, and Chris Wamae, were apprehended late Friday evening, May 2, from their Karen village office.
They were taken to the Pangani Police Station for interrogation ahead of further action.
The four would later be released on a free bond on Saturday morning, May 3, but had their equipment confiscated by the police.
Itumbi said having the four arrested was unnecessary.
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According to Itumbi, instead of harassing the producers of the documentary, the government should instead produce a counterpiece to tell its story.
"There is an alternative story on the violence and political planning that unleashed the storming of the bunge and invading the armoury at the Mausoleum. Make an alternative documentary; tell the other story. BBC told their story. Let them be. Free the journalists," he said.
The BBC piece published on the global media giant's YouTube channel and its other platforms documented the deadly events during the June 2024 mass action protests in Nairobi.
Young Kenyans mobilised themselves to hit the streets to protest against the tax-filled Finance Bill 2024, which the National Assembly was determined to pass and later forward to President William Ruto for assent.
The documentary captured uniformed state law enforcers and members of the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) allegedly opening fire at unarmed young protesters who pushed them back to access the Parliament Buildings.
It pricked the rage of Kenyans, who renewed the calls for accountability among the state operatives.
The government protested the contents of the documentary.
Government spokesperson Isaac Mwaura said the piece was biased and ran a one-sided narrative to paint the government in a bad light.
According to Mwaura, the government was not sought after to give its position.
