VOCAL MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT (MP) ARRESTED.

Police accompanied by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) have arrested Tiaty MP William Kamket from his home in Kositei.

Confirming the arrest, Baringo County Police Commander Robinson Ndiwa said the legislator is being linked to the ongoing skirmishes in Laikipia County.

Mr Kamket was taken to Nakuru for interrogation.

The arrest came hours after police seized former Laikipia North MP Mathew Lempurkel for questioning over the Laikipia clashes.

Mr Lempurkel was picked from his home in Ongata Rongai on Wednesday morning and taken to the DCI headquarters along Kiambu Road for questioning.

“I am under clear instructions to arrest the MP and present him at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations office in Nakuru. The MP is being linked to the ongoing attacks in Laikipia County. That is all I know,” said Mr Ndiwa.

Politicians warned
This came barely hours after Rift Valley Regional Coordinator George Natembeya said the ongoing attacks were being orchestrated by political leaders from the region and warned that they will be arrested.

While speaking to journalists at his Nakuru office Wednesday morning after the arrest of former Laikipia North MP Mathew Lempurkel, Mr Natembeya said the government was still pursing two other political leaders suspected to be fuelling the unrest.

The administrator raised concern that the incessant bandit attacks are not linked to water and pasture but the expansion of territories and displacement of people.

The attacks have led to the killing of more than eight people in one month, displacement of 200 families and burning of more than 22 houses by the armed criminals who are said to be in possession of sophisticated firearms.

Learning has also been paralysed in the volatile area after schools were closed following the spate of bandit attacks.

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