Police have arrested a man suspected to have lobbed a teargas canister in a crowd during the Inua Mama rally in Wajir County briefly disrupting the event. People scampered for safety when the canister went off near the dais where the crowd stood while others suffered minor injuries. Wajir County commander Stephen Ng’etich said the suspect who hails from Kibera in Nairobi was arrested by police as he tried to flee during the chaos. “Today we arrested a man believed to have lobbed the teargas canister at the crow during Inua Mama event as he tried to escape,” said Mr Ng’etich. The incident attracted harsh criticism from a section of women legislators under Inua Mama, calling it a plot by some elements to disrupt their meeting.

Source: Daily Nation November 29, 2019 14:26 UTC