By GEORGE ODIWUOR More by this AuthorPolice have arrested Kasipul MP Charles Ong'ondo Were for organising a public gathering in contravention of guidelines issued by the government to slow down the spread of Covid-19. The legislator was arrested on Tuesday evening by security officers from Oyugis police station who acted on a tip off from concerned members of the public. Mr Were is said to have been chairing a public meeting at a home in Nyangiela village in his constituency. Kasipul MP Ong'ondo Were addressing a group of elders at the consistency office in Oyugis Town on December 29, 2019. PHOTO | GEORGE ODIWUOR | NATION MEDIA GROUPMs Seroney said the MP may be taken to court depending on police findings.

Source: Daily Nation July 22, 2020 02:48 UTC