Police arrest MCA for evicting contractor from site

Police in Kirinyaga County have arrested an MCA and a former councilor over allegations of inciting residents against a road contractor.

Thiba Ward MCA Jackson Murimi and Margaret Wanjiku Mbute were arrested yesterday (Saturday) afternoon after reports indicated that they had incited area residents to chase away the contractor, Mbogo Kasarani, from a local quarry where the soil is harvested.

The MCA was allegedly angered with reports that the contractor was harvesting tens of Lorries of the raw material from his ward and transporting it to another area for the construction of roads, yet Thiba Ward’s roads are in a poor state.

On his part, the contractor accused the MCA of trying to solicit a bribe from him, adding that when he declined the MCA allegedly incited residents to forcefully evict him from the site.

“The MCA came with close to 280 residents saying that the murram is supposed to be used in his ward yet that is not in the agreement of the tender I got from the county government,” said the contractor.

The two are now being held at Wang’uru Police Station.

Story edited by Majanga Michael