Gatundu South Member of Parliament Moses Kuria is now a free man after he was released on Saturday night on a cash bail of Sh 20,000.
The release of the legislature happened after spending about 24 hours in the Kilimani police station cell.
Kuria was arrested on Friday on accusations of assaulting a women in an interview in December last year.
The legislator is believed to have staged a hunger strike when he was behind the bars and that's one of the things that contributed to his release.
"Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria, who is facing assault accusation, has been released from Kilimani police post after paying Sh 20,000 cash bail. Kuria spent at least 24 hrs in cells following his arrest after he allegedly beat up media commentator Joyce Wanja on Dec 8, 2019," as quoted by K24 Tv
While Moses Kuria was still held at Kilimani police station, a number of legislatures that tried to camp outside the police station were tear-gassed.
The police officers at the station had failed to comply with the court orders which directed that Gatundu south MP be released on a cash bail of Sh 50,000. The officers cited "orders from above" as the cause for detention of the legislator.
“Required to appear before Milimani court at 8 am on January 13, 2020, to answer to charges of assault or in default to forfeit the sum deposited,” reads the cash bail receipt.