A United Democratic Alliance (UDA) candidate for the Mvita Parliamentary seat as well as a Member of County Assembly (MCA) aspirant for Tudor ward have been arrested following protests in the area.
Omar Shallo and Samir Bhalo are currently being detained at Makupa Police Station as police have accused them of disrupting the electoral process at the Tudor Village Hall.
The two were arrested as police tried to calm residents supporting different camps, who were busy hurling stones at each other.
“My colleague and I were raising concerns after receiving information that some voters were allowed to have more than one ballot paper. The police instead intervened and arrested us,” said Shallo who is the MP aspirant.
According to the two, they were not responsible for the chaos as their only objective was to find out why some voters had allegedly been allowed to have more than one ballot paper.
“Upon reaching there, we found out that some fishy activities were going on. People started attacking us,”Shallo added.
