Kitutu Chache South MP Anthony Kibagendi was Tuesday arrested in Nairobi over assault claims and moved to Kisii ahead of planned arraignment.
He will on Wednesday January 21 face assault and malicious damage charges in Kisii court, police said.
He is accused of assaulting a reveler in Kisii Town last year.
Kibagendi was stopped at a traffic jam along Uhuru Highway and forced out of his car by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations.
He was driven and booked at Muthaiga police station pending his transfer to Kisii for plea taking on Wednesday.
He driven in a police car to Kisii, about 300 kilometers away on Tuesday night.
Police said their move came after the Office of Public Prosecutions approved assault charges against the MP.
This was in regard to an incident he confronted one Enock Omariba in a restaurant last year in Kisii Town.
Kibagendi is accused of assaulting Omariba on November 27, 2025.
According to Omariba, the lawmaker, who was accompanied by his bodyguard, stormed the restaurant while he was having breakfast with a lawyer friend and attacked him, leaving him badly injured on his left leg.
The matter was reported to Kisii Central Police Station.
Kibagendi had obtained an anticipatory bail of Sh50,000. But police said it did not stop them from arresting and arraigning him.
Lady Justice Teresa Achieng’ Odera of Kisii granted the MP a Sh50,000 anticipatory bail, prohibiting police from arresting him pending further directions.
The orders were issued on December 2, 2025, following an application filed through Bonuke and Company Advocates.
Kibagendi is a supporter of former Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi in his bid for president.
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