A section of residents in Karatina, Nyeri County took to the streets protesting the arrest of MP Rigathi Gachagua on Friday morning.
The legislator was seized from his Sagana home in Nyeri County by detectives.
Barely hours after the arrest, the residents lit bonfires and temporarily blocked the Nyeri-Nairobi highway.
However, reports indicate that police responded swiftly and dispersed the locals and restored order in the area. Security has been beefed up in Nyeri and Karatina.
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Prior to the arrest, the Assets Recovery Authority had been on Gachagua's trail over Ksh 12.5 billion that was allegedly moved through three of his accounts in a Microfinance bank.
File Image of Rigathi Gachagua
The Authority alleged that the sum had been moved through the accounts in a 7 year period in what was suspected to be a case of money laundering.
Transactions in the court's possession reveal that Hon Gachagua started receiving the money in 2013 from government bodies such as the Ministry of Health, Bungoma County Government, Mathira CDF, and Nyeri County Government.
One of his bank accounts at Rafiki Microfinance that had Ksh 200 million was frozen by the court.
