Echesa transferred to DCI HQs after spending a night behind bars!

Western region police boss Peris Kimani has stated that former Cs Rashid Echesa, has been transferred to DCI headquarters in Nairobi after spending a night behind bars.

Echesa who was facing assault charges was apprehended on friday 5th match 2021 in Mumias before he was transferred to Kakamega police station under heavy security.

Inspector General Hilary Mutyambai had issued a report that, Echesa should surrender himself to the police by 1pm on friday 5th, adding that if failed to surrender to police, he would be considered as “as an armed and dangerous criminal.”

This is after Police Spokesperson Charles Owino said in a statement, that Echesa went into hiding after assaulting an Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) presiding officer-in-charge of Bulonga Primary School polling station during the Matungu by-election on Thursday.