A Baringo man arrested by detectives has been released.

Vincent Kipsang was arrested on Sunday at his shop at Sewage area, near Kabarnet town, by officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations in Nairobi over allegations he had defamed powerful people who ordered his arrest.

He said the officers ordered him to close the shop and accompany them.

Kipsang said he was driven to DCI headquarters in Kabarnet, where he was booked and asked to call his family and was informed they would proceed to Nairobi's Muthaiga police station.