Ruaraka Member of Parliament Tom Joseph Kajwang has been
released on cash bail of Sh50,000 after spending night in police cells.
Kajwang’s arrest is linked to Raila’s ‘oath’ at Uhuru Park Tuesday afternoon.
The Ruaraka MP was taken to Milimani Law Courts Thursday
afternoon where he was expected to face charges relating to participating in an
illegal assembly and administering an illegal oath. NASA MPs said the charges
being preferred against Kajwang are fake as they stood in solidarity with him
at the court.
He spent one night at the Kiambu police cells after he was
arrested on Wednesday over what officials termed as his role in Tuesday’s
symbolic ‘swearing-in’ of NASA leader Raila Odinga as the ‘People’s President’.
The legislator, who stood behind Raila during the event held
at Uhuru Park in Nairobi, was arrested at Milimani Law Courts on Wednesday
afternoon and taken to the DCI headquarters for grilling. The MP’s plea has
been deferred to next Tuesday February 6.
