{"id":145780,"date":"2026-07-05T09:02:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T09:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/three-arrested-over-alleged-attack-on-linda-mwananchi-convoy-in-kisii\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T09:02:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T09:02:54","slug":"three-arrested-over-alleged-attack-on-linda-mwananchi-convoy-in-kisii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/three-arrested-over-alleged-attack-on-linda-mwananchi-convoy-in-kisii\/","title":{"rendered":"Three arrested over alleged attack on Linda Mwananchi convoy in Kisii"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Three suspects have been arrested in connection with the alleged attack on a convoy linked to the Linda Mwananchi political movement along the Kisii-Keroka Road.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the National Police Service (NPS) said investigations are ongoing identify and apprehend more people believed to have taken part in the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects, identified as Allan Masese Onyambu, Godffrey Bosire Mokaya and Stanley Okeyo, are currently in police custody awaiting processing before being arraigned in court.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred on Friday, July 3, along the Kisii-Keroka Road, where several vehicles travelling in the convoy were allegedly stoned and damaged.<\/p>\n<p>According to the NPS, analysis of videos circulating on mainstream and social media established that the attack was targeted at Linda Mwananchi leaders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NPS strongly condemns the events depicted. Political intolerance, in whatever form, is unacceptable and will be rigorously pursued through the criminal justice system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja has also directed the Internal Affairs Unit (IAU) to fast-track its assessment of all aspects of the incident, including identifying any operational gaps that may have contributed to the violence.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, IAU officers have already been deployed to the affected area as part of the ongoing investigations.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/three-arrested-over-alleged-attack-on-linda-mwananchi-convoy-in-kisii\/\">Three arrested over alleged attack on Linda Mwananchi convoy in Kisii<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/\">KBC Digital<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three suspects have been arrested in connection with the alleged attack on a convoy linked to the Linda Mwananchi political movement along the Kisii-Keroka Road. In a statement, the National Police Service (NPS) said investigations are ongoing identify and apprehend more people believed to have taken part in the incident. The suspects, identified as Allan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145780\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}