Former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa claims his political enemies organised his arrest.
He was arrested on Friday, March 5, following the incident in which he slapped an Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) official during the chaotic March 4 Matungu by-election.
On Sunday, March 7, Echesa told a local daily the video was edited by his enemies to paint him as a violent person, thereby denying assaulting the IEBC official.
Echesa said, “Our agents had been thrown out and I wanted to know who had issued instructions to that effect, I didn’t slap anybody,"
According to the politician, his current problems have been instigated by his political association with Deputy President William Ruto.
He has emphasized that regardless of his arrest, he will continue supporting Deputy President Ruto's 2022 presidential bid.
Echesa added, "I was born in the ghetto and being thrown into a cell is nothing big, it is a familiar territory. Throwing me in the cell will not cow me from my conviction that (Dr) Ruto is better placed to become the President of our country in 2022.”
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