Okanga shared photographs of his injuries on Sunday, vowing his spirit remained unbroken and that he would not be silenced.
By John Kamau
Political commentator Nuru Okanga was yesterday attacked by unknown assailants on his way home and hospitalised with visible facial injuries, sharing photographs of his condition on Facebook and vowing that those behind the assault would not succeed in silencing him.
Okanga disclosed the attack in a Sunday post accompanied by photographs showing him bleeding, with a large bandage covering one side of his face near the eye and significant swelling across his features. He did not disclose the location of the attack, the number of assailants involved or what may have prompted it, and it was not immediately clear whether he had reported the matter to police.
“I have been attacked by unknown people on my way home. I am currently in hospital,” he wrote. He suggested the assault was intended to silence him, but said his resolve remained firm. “They may have wanted to silence me, but God is my protector. I thank Him for the gift of life. My faith remains unshaken, my spirit is strong, and my journey continues,” he added, invoking Isaiah 54:17 — “No weapon formed against me shall prosper.”
He closed his post with a declaration that carried clear political undertones. “We shall not be intimidated, we shall not surrender. God is not finished with me yet! ALUTA CONTINUA! WANTAM!”
The attack on a prominent political voice, with no suspects identified and no police statement issued, raises urgent questions that cannot go unanswered.
