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MP Ong'ondo Were arrested for flouting Covid-19 rules

Kasipul MP Charles Were. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP

By  GEORGE ODIWUOR

Correspondent

What you need to know:

  • Mr Were is said to have been chairing a public meeting at a home in Nyangiela village in his constituency.
  • Witnesses claimed the meeting was attended by a large crowd.
  • The MP may be taken to court depending on police findings.

Police have arrested Kasipul MP Charles Ong'ondo Were for organising a public gathering in contravention of guidelines issued by the government to slow down the spread of Covid-19.

The legislator was arrested on Tuesday evening by security officers from Oyugis police station who acted on a tip off from concerned members of the public.

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