Police arrest Makadara MP George Aladwa

Aladwa’s reason for arrest is still unknown [File, Standard]

Makadara Member of Parliament George Aladwa has been arrested from his Buruburu home and taken to Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) headquarters in Kiambu on Saturday February 3 morning.

The former Nairobi Mayor was a key player in the swearing-in of National Super Alliance (NASA) leader Raila Odinga on January 30.

Recently, a team of detectives had been set up at the DCI headquarters to investigate alleged illegal activities that took place during the now controversial swearing-in.

“What was witnessed at Uhuru Park was a well-choreographed attempt to subvert or overthrow the legally constitutional government of Kenya,” said Interior CS Matiang’i as he launched the crackdown on NASA.

A series of arrests that began with Ruaraka MP TJ Kajwang and self-declared National Resistance General Miguna Miguna have since been effected.

Aladwa is accused of planning an attack on Kalonzo Musyoka’s home and masterminding the chaos in Kibera.

In the January 31 attack, gunmen threw a stun hand grenade at Kalonzo’s Karen home before shooting twice in the air.

Police spokesman Charles Owino, who accompanied detectives from Nairobi Area command and the Bomb and Hazadrous Disposal Unit of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to the scene, confirmed the attackers used a bomb usually used to scare rather than harm.

The incident happened hours after Kalonzo Musyoka and other NASA co-principals missed their planned ‘swearing-in’ at Uhuru Park. 

On Friday February 2, chaos broke out along Southern Bypass and a section of Kibera in Nairobi in an apparent protest of Miguna Miguna’s arrest.

Police Spokesman Charles Owino has said Aladwa is being probed over his role in the chaos. 

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George Aladwa has since been released on a free bond and is expected to report to DCI headquarters on Monday February 5 for further questioning.