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Jubilee MPs claim bias in by-poll chaos arrest

Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichungwa. [File, Standard]

A section of Jubilee legislators have hit out at the police over what they termed as selective application of the law in the fight against electoral violence in the run-up to the forthcoming by-elections.

The 21 MPs yesterday protested the arrest of Malindi MP Aisha Jumwa after the violence in Ganda Ward’s campaign violence where one person was killed. They wondered why legislators allied to ODM party accused of fanning violence in Kibra had not been arrested.

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