UPDATE: Nakuru Senator Susan Kihika and Bahati MP Kimani Ngunjiri on Saturday, February 20, held a rally after they were briefly detained by police.
The legislators and their supporters engaged in running battles with the police who had sealed off the venue.
The police lobbed teargas canisters at the politicians who ran for cover.
The politicians changed the location of the meeting after their encounter with the police.
{"preview_thumbnail":"/files/styles/video_embed_wysiwyg_preview/public/video_thumbnails/83JO85S_lko.jpg?itok=53mhFJIf","video_url":"
Speaking at the rally, Kihika stated that the police would not deter them from campaigning for their candidate.
"Kenya is not a police state. Why are others allowed to hold their meetings but we are being disrupted. We demand equal treatment," she stated.
Nakuru Senator Susan Kihika was on Saturday, February 20, briefly arrested shortly after her planned meeting was disrupted by police who were deployed to the venue.
Also apprehended was Bahati MP Kimani Ngunjiri who confirmed to Kenyans.co.ke about the incident.
"We have been arrested but we have not been informed of their crime and are not sure where we are being taken," Ngunjiri explained.
Through her official pages, Kihika who was on the campaign trail for the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) candidate Nzuki Wachira for the London MCA seat revealed that the police has sealed off the venue of a planned meeting in the area.
"The venue of my meeting in London Ward has been sealed off.
"I thought kutafuta kura ni kutongoza sio force na fujo (I thought campaigning was about convincing the voters not using police force," she stated.
Kihika and the UDA team have been holding campaigns for the London MCA seat.
During an event on Friday, February 19, she urged the Kalenjin community to firmly stand behind the UDA candidate for the London ward stating that his win would be a win for Deputy President William Ruto.
"When we work together, we not only win, but we also can make this world better for each one of us," she stated.
At the event held at Mlimani, Malindi MP Aisha Jumwa urged President Uhuru Kenyatta to hand over power to the person who would have been elected by the people.
On his part, Elgeyo Marakwet Kipchumba Murkomen stated that DP Ruto was in pain over the current relationship with the president where he is seemingly sidelined in the administration.
