Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah was on Monday, December 30, arrested along with several human rights activists during protests in Nairobi against alleged state-abductions.
The demonstrations aimed to highlight cases of forced disappearances in the country.
Despite multiple attempts by police to detain the vocal senator and the activists, reinforcements were called as tensions escalated.
Officers responded by deploying tear gas, subduing the demonstrators and forcing several activists into three vans.
