NAIROBI, Kenya Apr 21 – Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei has been arrested for failing to attend court.
Cherargei was arrested at his home in Nandi.
The 33-year-old Senator faces charges of ethnic contempt contrary to the National Cohesion and Integration Act over utterances he allegedly made at a public function in Nandi in 2019.
The first-term senator was arrested and questioned in August 2019 over utterances he made at a funeral in Lelwak, Nandi County, warning opponents of Deputy President William Ruto that they will be dealt with.
He spoke while addressing a gathering during a football club fundraiser at Kapsabet.
So far five among eight lined-up witnesses have already testified.
The matter was set for hearing on April 19, 2022, but the Nandi Senator failed to appear.
