Echesa said that his arrest was politically motivated.
Echesa was captured on camera in an altercation with an IEBC official at Bulonga Primary School polling station in Matungu on March 4.
He claimed that a United Democratic Alliance (UDA) agent had been evicted from the polling station in unclear circumstances by the security team under the instruction of a presiding officer.
He was arrested by police in Kakamega on Friday, March 5.
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Western Regional Police Commander Peris Kimani said police managed to successfully track Echesa via his phone within Mumias town just some minutes to 6.00PM.
Echesa said that his arrest was politically motivated.
Echesa was captured on camera in an altercation with an IEBC official at Bulonga Primary School polling station in Matungu on March 4.
He claimed that a United Democratic Alliance (UDA) agent had been evicted from the polling station in unclear circumstances by the security team under the instruction of a presiding officer.
He was arrested by police in Kakamega on Friday, March 5.
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Western Regional Police Commander Peris Kimani said police managed to successfully track Echesa via his phone within Mumias town just some minutes to 6.00PM.
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Former Sports CS Rashid Echesa confronts IEBC official at Bulonga Primary School polling station in Matungu. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]
Police in Kakamega have arrested former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa.
Western Regional Police Commander Peris Kimani said police managed to successfully track Echesa via his phone within Mumias town just some minutes to 6.00 pm.
This is after he defied an earlier directive by the Inspector General of Police Hillary Mutyambai to surrender by 1.00 pm Friday.
The former CS was to be grilled over an incident where he was captured on camera assaulting an IEBC official in Matungu constituency during the just-concluded parliamentary by-election.