Former Kiambu Governor Ferdinard Waititu Arrested

Former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu has been arrested over alleged incitement to violence. Mr Waititu on Monday afternoon, told the Nation that police picked him up while on the Northern Bypass in Kiambu and was being ferried to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations headquarters to record a statement.[…]CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE▶

He said he suspected that the arrest had something to do with his utterances at a church service on Sunday where he said that if Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua is impeached, he should go home with his boss President William Ruto.

“As we speak, I am in a police vehicle and we are heading to DCI headquarters. All indication shows it has to do with my utterances yesterday in Ruiru on matters of Deputy President impeachment”

The arrest comes barely a day after Mr Waititu, alongside other opposition leaders, including Wiper Party Leader Kalonzo Musyoka, were denied entry to a church in Kitengela

The team, which also included Democratic Action Party- Kenya’s boss Eugene Wamalwa, Jubilee Secretary General Jeremiah Kioni and politician Jimmy Wanjigi, were also forced to cancel planned rallies in Mlolongi and Kitengela over safety fears.

In a statement to its members, the Wiper Party said the former Governor had been “arbitrarily arrested and unlawfully kidnapped by unknown individuals suspected to be State security agents”.

“Dr Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka (Wiper Party leader) is on high security alert and actively seeking information regarding governor Waititu’s whereabouts,” the statement reads in part.

The Nation has also learnt that Kalonzo will be heading to the DCI headquarters to demand for Waititu’s release and will be accompanied by several Wiper Party MPs.

The issues Mr Kalonzo will be addressing, the Wiper Party said, will not only include demands that the arrested former county boss be allowed access to his family, a lawyer and a doctor, but also that he be immediately released from illegal detention, “unless he is charged with an internationally recognised offence”.

Thus far, the DCI has not released any information regarding the charges it has against the former Kiambu governor…CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ARTICLES>>>