Dagoretti North MP Simba Arati has moved to Court to seek anticipatory bail stating that he is afraid of being arrested by police over last week's Kawangware skirmishes.
Arati fears that he might be implicated in the skirmishes that marred the area after the fresh election and wants to be protected by the Court.
An anticipatory bail allows a person to seek bail in anticipation of an arrest on accusation of having committed a non-bailable offence.
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On filing anticipatory bail, the opposing party is notified of the application and they can then contest the move in court (a public prosecutor can also be used to do this).
Tension started in Kawangware a day after the fresh Presidential election as police battled marauding rival gangs who were looting shops and private residences as well as burning businesses.
The gangs, claiming to be protesting against the repeat presidential election, attacked and seriously injured residents.
Residents claimed that three people were killed in the violence and dozens, including three school children from Ndurarua Primary, sustained injuries as riot police tried to contain the situation.
According to eyewitnesses, on October 27, a group of about 100 youth donning dreadlocks arrived in Kawangware from neighbouring Waithaka, Dagoretti South constituency.
The three victims were reportedly shot dead as they tried to repulse those wielding machetes.
As the situation got out of hand, the youth took advantage and started looting. Houses and shops were broken into, property carted away as gunshots rented the air.
All the shops at the junction of 56 and 46 routes, including butcheries, hotels and salons, were razed down.
On Friday, the High Court issued an order stopping his arrest on grounds that he was still in hospital.
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