MP Didmus Barasa arrested over scuffle with contractor
Kimilili MP Didmus Wekesa Barasa.
Police on Friday arrested Kimilili MP Didmus Wekesa Barasa following the scuffle last week where he was caught on camera slapping a contractor at Baptist Lurare Primary School in Kamukuywa.
The MP was apprehended at his Nasianda home in the outskirts of Kimilili town.
Confirming the arrest Monday morning, Kimilili Sub-County Police Commander Mwita Marwa said he had received the P3 form from the contractor, Stephen Masinde, popularly known as Steve Kay and who is also a musician, following the July 30 scuffle.
The scuffle ensued last Friday after the contractor and his colleague, Ronald Graham Wafula, locked up five classrooms, preventing Mr Barasa from officially opening them. They demanded to be paid Sh3.4 million, which had been used to renovate the classrooms.
The renovations were done with money from the National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF).
Following the scuffle, the contractor recorded a statement at the Kimilili Police Station and went to Kimilili Hospital where he was admitted.
Mr Barasa was taken to court later on Friday and charged with causing Mr Masinde bodily harm, following approval of the charge by Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji.
He denied the charge and was released on a cash bail of Sh100,000 or a bond of Sh150,000 with a surety of the same amount.
The case will be heard on September 27.
