Kenyans on Twitter are buzzing about Nakuru East MP David Gikaria after photos surfaced online showing him in a sorry state.
David was arrested on Saturday after leading residents in erecting structures on land that is under dispute.
Some unsubstantiated media reports say that he might have also slapped a deputy sub-county police commander during the incident.
The MP was arrested and bundled into a police van and taken to Nakuru Central Police Station after the fracas.
It seems Gikaria sustained injuries during the commotion. Photos making rounds online show him sleeping on the floor in his police cell. A video of the MP being comforted is below,
MP Nakuru David Gikaria after slapping a deputy sub-county police commander during his arrest over land grabbing . pic.twitter.com/HVm0nOK084
— Hussein Mohammed (@huseinmoha) May 18, 2019
Amanda: Na wapi kiatu kimoja???🤣🤣🤣
Gideon Kitheka Jnr. 🇰🇪: In a police cells you don’t enter with the two shoes, you remove one.
Observer: they teach somebody to understand never to lay hands on a police officer again
KUNI MBICHI 😝: Alishikwa akiwa zoezi nn.?
Wilson Gitau: Tano Tena 😂 😂
George Wamwea: Assaulting a police officer is a crime. Land grabbing is a crime. He has cases to answer. Let him get a lawyer to negotiate his bail terms
J D: What is Jubilee
This is not the first time that Gikaria has had an issue that deals with disputed land. In January last year, he was charged with eight counts of fraud, relating to land.
The charges include forging land documents and grabbing parcels of land within Nakuru county, between August 28th and December 18th, 2007.