Azimio Politician Arrested Over Raila’s Rallies

Monday, January 30, 2023 –Detectives fetched from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations DCI headquarters have today pounced on Nairobi Member of County Assembly MCA Absalom Matakwey Odhiambo Mobimba.

The Monday morning arrest was triggered by his incitement remarks during the recent Azimio la Umoja Kamukunji Rally presided over by Mr. Raila Odinga, Kalonzo Musyoka and ex-running mate Martha Karua.

Today Monday January 30 in the morning, the MCA was picked up by the DCI sleuths just after he had reported at the National Cohesion and Integration Commission NCIC offices following official sermons.

“We arrived at the commission’s headquarters and asked to sign statements. We requested for Wednesday, February 1 for us to come and write the statement. They then left to go and photocopy the documents for us,” Absalom’s lawyer Apollo Mboya

In the process, the police officers stormed in and picked the politician and sped away with him living the lawyer stranded at the NCIC headquarters.

“We suspect that it was at this moment that they called the DCI who came in and picked my client,” he added.

In its explanation, the commission said it had not served Absalom with sermon copies because it had no idea where to find him.

When the lawyer attempted to block his client’s arrest, the DCI officers did not bother to convincingly explain their mission.

“The officers upon my request to inform why they were arresting my client revealed to me that they had instructions from above after Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua’s complaint,” he disclosed.

The MCA who is allied to Raila Odinga recently threatened to incite the city against William Ruto’s new administration.

He urged Mr. Odinga to issue them with a final direction so that to force out the current regime.