Tiary Member of Parliament William Kamket has been arrested.
According to reports reaching Nairobileo.co.ke, Kamket was arrested on Wednesday at his at Kositei home in Tiaty, Baringo.
The legislator has been arrested in connection with the ongoing bandit attacks in Laikipia that have seen eight people lose their lives, including three security enforcing police officers.
Citizen reported that Kamket was arrested by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).
His arrest come shortly after former Laikipia North Member of Parliament, Mathew Lempurkel's arrest.
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Lempurkel was nabbed by the sleuths at his house in Rongai, Kajiado County and taken to the DCI headquarters along Kiambu Road for questioning.
[Former Laikipia North Member of Parliament, Mathew Lempurkel(COURTESY)]
The former ODM legislator was arrested in relation to the unrest in Laikipia County.
Rift Valley Regional Commander George Natembeya on Wednesday, while briefing the media on the status of the Laikipia security operation that started on Tuesday afternoon said four civilians and two police officers are currently nursing bullet injuries.
He also warned politicians from politicizing the entire process and keep away from the area.
On September 6, 2021, the National Security Council held a meeting to deliberate on the deteriorating state of security in parts of Laikipia County especially the area around the Laikipia Nature Conservancy and its environs.
Ministry of Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr Fred Matiang'i in a statement after the meeting noted that insecurity in the region was on the rise, owing to the rampant cases of cattle rustling.
NSC stated that the rustling was as a result of competition for water and pastures between the neighbouring communities. They also highlighted the increase in illegal gun ownership as a contributing factor to the rising insecurity.
The Laikipia Nature Conservancy and its environs were declared a disturbed area and therefore a security operation zone.
The entire region was placed under a dusk to dawn curfew, in an attempt to curb the rising insecurity in the county.
