Mr Echesa was arrested last Friday alongside Kakamega Senator Cleophas Malala and Mayoni MCA Libinus Oduor over the activities of criminal gangs in the area. The lawyer noted that the DPP clearly stated that evidence did not meet the threshold for the charges police wanted to prefer against Mr Echesa. “We want the court to prohibit the four from harassing Mr Echesa because we believe there is a political motive behind the arrests,” Mr Namatsi said. “We want police permanently barred from harassing Mr Echesa." NO PROOFMr Malala, Mr Echesa and Mr Oduor were all released unconditionally on Sunday, hours after DPP Haji issued the instruction citing lack of sufficient evidence.

Source: Daily Nation May 23, 2019 07:30 UTC