Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen has termed the recent arrest of State House Secretary of Digital Innovations and Diaspora Communications Dennis Itumbi as moronic.
In a tweet on Thursday, the Senate Leader of Majority claimed Itumbi was arrested for forwarding an alleged fake assassination letter that is currently subject of police investigations, to a WhatsApp group.
"So @OleItumbi was arrested for forwarding an alleged fake letter to a WhatsApp group dubbed “TangaTanga”? How many people in this country forwarded that document? Will all the media houses that published the document be charged? This is ridiculously moronic," Murkomen said.
Itumbi was arrested by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) for questioning over the letter that kicked a storm in the country.
His arrest comes days after the police said that the names of the people behind the fake letter were known. However, they never released the names to the public.
It is believed that those behind the fake letter work at Deputy President William Ruto's office.
Itumbi who operates from the DP's office spent the night at Muthaiga Police station after he was arrested on Wednesday at City Hall.