MP Sheikh Dor arrested over links with MRC

By Cyrus Ombati

Nominated MP Sheikh Dor has been arrested over alleged links with Mombasa Republican Council (MRC).

Dor was arrested in Nairobi on Wednesday by officers from the Criminal Investigations Department and is currently being questioned at the CID headquarters.

The MP was recently quoted saying that he was ready and willing to fund the MRC.

His remarks came a day after the CID boss Ndegwa Muhoro announced that they were following leads that indicated a number of MPs and businessmen were financing the group, with the aim of having them arrested and prosecuted.

The MP was picked by detectives along Wabera Street in Nairobi and taken for questioning.

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Police say more leaders will be arrested for financing the secessionist group.

Police recently launched a crackdown of MRC at the Coast and arrested several leaders who have been arraigned in court.

One of the arrests turned bloody after MRC leader Omar Hamisi Mwamnwadzi and youth fired at police officers.

Police however overpowered the group and arrested Mwamnwadzi. Recently, MRC Secretary General Hamza Randu was arrested and charged in court.