Korogocho MCA arraigned before Nairobi court

Korogocho MCA Absalom Odhiambo has been arraigned before a Nairobi court this morning where police are seeking to detain him for seven days over incitement remarks.

In the application which is yet to be heard, the police are seeking to detain him for more investigations on allegations that he uttered words that are likely to cause violence or destabilise the nation.

He is alleged to have uttered the words during the Azimio meeting last week at Chungwa house, Capitol Hill.

"Kwa siasa ya Taifa tunataka tutoke kwenda ikulu tutoe huyu mwizi, nataka tuingie town tufunge biashara, hakuna biashara itaendelea hii town ya Nairobi,  ndio William Ruto aheshimu Raila Odinga. Lazima tufunge biashara hii town", the affidavit reads.

The police argue that they need seven days to retrieve any possible inciting, messages from his phone and record statements for the state to enhance evidence for the prosecution.

The affidavit further reads that Odhiambo is a flight risk.