Former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa has been arrested after he was captured on video slapping an electoral official on Thursday. Police had been looking for Echesa for questioning over election violence experienced in Matungu Constituency in Kakamega County. Sources said he surrendered at about 3 pm in the company of his lawyer at Matungu police station. Mutyambai had issued an ultimatum to Echesa to surrender to police Friday by 1 pm. Echesa slapped the IEBC officer accusing him of chasing one of their agents out of the polling station during voting.

Source: The Star March 05, 2021 15:00 UTC