Businessman Jimi Wanjigi now says police raided his home in Nairobi because he took part in the Nane Nane protests on Thursday.

Speaking to the media at his home in Muthaiga, Wanjigi said he went to the streets to offer support to the Gen Z but his presence was short because police targeted him.

“We were there for barely five minutes. We were teargassed like you cannot believe. Driving from town, we were chased to this home which has been under siege since that time,” he stated.

He claimed police committed crimes at his home in the name of looking for him.

“Stop looking for me in my house, you will never find me. Seven years ago, they looked for me in this house and they could not find me. Even now, if you look for me in this house you will not find me. Please, don’t do it again. You will be wasting your time,” he added.

Wanjigi said the police should just issue summons if they want him for questioning.

“If you want me, just issue simple summons and I will appear where you want me. Stop looking for me in this house, you will never find me, never. Please sisi si wanjinga (we are not fools). We were not born yesterday,” he stated.

Wanjigi further accused the police of planting “things” in his home to implicate him in crime.

“You come and plant things. Fortunately, we have technology. We have a woman captured planting those thing on CCTV. You vandalise CCTV and forget there is something called icloud. It seems you are far behind in technology,” he added.

The businessman said the police are pursing him on nothing else but expressing his right and being part of democracy.

He added that leaders in government must distinguish between personal issues and politics.

“In politics we can fight out there but you do not bring it to a person’s home,” he said.

 “You have vandalised my house, broken items. What has that got to do with the politics that we play out there?” He posed.

“But I say my children are alive. There are mothers out there who are grieving since the demonstrations begun.”

Wanjigi spoke hours after Opposition leader Raila Odinga visited his home following the raid.

The visit by Raila comes a day after a multi-agency security team broke into Wanjigi's home on Thursday night as they sought to arrest him.

Police told journalists late Thursday afternoon that they recovered tear gas canisters from his alleged car that was found parked at the entrance to his home.

Wanjigi denied owning the vehicle in which the items were allegedly recovered.

He obtained a court order on Friday barring police from arresting him or restricting his movement.