Cop Shakur slams former FBI Movement partners, sues Hiram Kimathi for defamation

Kenyan prisons officer and activist Jackson Kuria Kihara, widely known as Cop Shakur, has launched an attack on his former allies from the Fighting Brutality & Impunity (FBI) movement. 

He announced that he has filed lawsuit against Hiram Kimathi, a former FBI member, whom he branded as "not normal".

He alleged that he had at one point been admitted to Mathare Hospital, a psychiatric facility, following intervention by the National Police Service. 

He further accused Patrick Osoi, another ex-partner , of being an "alleged fraudster."

He backed his claim with a  2019 bail bond document showing Osoi’s court appearance for obtaining money by false pretenses.

He said he left the movement in August this year because of what he termed as effort by his former comrades to tarnish his reputation.

"I chose to leave because I did not want to be associated with them," he said.

I have taken legal action against FBI member Hiram Kimathi for defamation. These individuals were bitter when I left the movement. I chose to leave because I did not want to be associated with them.

Hiram is not normal, he was once sent to Mathare by the National Police Service.… pic.twitter.com/TOwXozRQvZ

— Cop Shakur (@CopShakurkihara) November 6, 2025

He also revealed that he only learned of Osoi’s legal troubles after their release from detention, prompting his departure. 

The inclusion of the bail bond and the group photo has sparked intense debate, with some accusing Shakur of hypocrisy for exposing Kimathi’s mental health history. 

Cop Shakur and his partners formed the Fighting Brutality and Impunity (FBI) movement as a direct response to the systemic police harassment, excessive force, and deep-seated injustice he personally encountered and witnessed as a police and prison officer in Kenya. 

Having experienced the internal "rot" of the system firsthand, Shakur and his co-founders, who were also dismissed from their respective security forces (former KDF officer Patrick Osoi and ex-police officer Hiram Kimathi), felt compelled to challenge the status quo.

The movement's core mission was rooted in advocating for the rights of ordinary Kenyan citizens who suffer mistreatment at the hands of law enforcement.

Shakur's own journey to activism has been met with severe repercussions including multiple arrests.