Detectives drawn from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) arrested Pokot South Member of Parliament David Pkosing over allegations of incitement.
The lawmaker was taken to the DCI Headquarters in Kiambu Raod for grilling as the investigative unit looked to uncover his alleged involvement in the outbreak of skirmishes in West Pokot County.
Reports indicated that Pkosing was accused of making inflammatory remarks deemed to have been among the immediate causes of the reported clashes in the region.
DCI operatives arrested him from the Kenyatta International Convention Center (KICC) in Nairobi on Thursday afternoon, February 16, before whisking him to the Kiambu Road-based headquarters for questioning.
In addition, the DCI was looking to uncover additional information to help quell security threats in parts of the North Rift.
DCI was yet to issue a report on Pkosing's arrest and the next course of action after his interrogation.
The arrest came a day before the commencement of the joint operation involving Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) officers and Kenya Police Service officers.
On Sunday, February 12, President William Ruto issued a three-day ultimatum for locals within the identified disturbed areas to surrender all weapons to the police.
In addition, the President ordered the Ministry of Defence and Interior to mount an operation to solve the banditry menace in totality after a series of deadly attacks in parts of Kenya's northern frontier.
Subsequently, Interior Cabinet Secretary imposed a 30-day dusk-to-dawn curfew in five counties as part of the newly-adopted measures to respond to the alarming insecurity.
A section of leaders urged the government to use every means to its disposal to deal with the insecurity threats in the five counties. Some stated that lack of goodwill was a major obstacle to the war against banditry.
President Ruto noted that the skirmishes had affected the lives of the locals to the extent of delaying school reopening and paralyzing business activities.
