Friday, March 29, 2024 - Former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa was arrested yesterday for extorting Kakamega Governor Fernandes Barasa.
Reports indicated that police
officers attached to Muthaiga Police Station seized the former CS from his
house on Thursday afternoon and took him to the Directorate of Criminal
Investigations (DCI) Kiambu Road for interrogation.
According to the officers, Echesa
had been avoiding the police trail.
According to Echesa's lawyers
Danstan Omari and Cliff Ombeta, the police officers did not provide any
information regarding his arrest warrant including the charges levelled against
their client.
They termed his arrest as a
political witchhunt by his detractors.
"We have not been told the
amount that was involved in these allegations. There is no complainant and if
you look at the circumstances, Echesa was the initial person to file a formal
complaint," Omari stated.
"Even though it is Easter,
we will file an application in court since it's a matter of life and death to
ensure he is released."
The incident comes after
a man alleged to be Echesa’s handler was taken to court for allegedly
extorting Ksh240 million from the Kakamega governor.
The suspect was charged with two
counts, including conspiracy to commit a felony and demanding property with
force.
The handler was accused of
leading a gang that coerced and extorted the amount from Barasa.
He denied the charges and was released
on a Ksh2 million bond with a surety of the same amount.
The Kenyan DAILY POST
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