Nairobi Women Representative Esther Passaris has expressed her disappointment in the manner Governor Mike Sonko was arrested on Friday.
Passaris said the county boss should be presumed innocent until proven guilty, adding he is an elected leader who deserved to be handled with some decency and not to be subjected to humiliation.
"Innocent until proven guilty. Given the voter support base that elected Mike Sonko notwithstanding all his shortcomings he deserved some level of respect and protection from the humiliation that has become part and parcel of #KamataKamataFriday," she tweeted on Saturday morning.
A video doing the rounds on social media shows a group of police officers engaged in a scuffle with the Governor as they try to put him in handcuffs.
Another clip shows Governor Sonko screaming after he was handcuffed in the arrest made in Voi on Friday afternoon.
Former Nairobi gubernatorial seat aspirant Miguna Miguna has also condemned the manner the police handled the flamboyant politician, describing it as inhumane.
"Mike Sonko should have been summoned to Central Police Station or EACC head office in Nairobi then arrested, charged and taken to court in a regular manner. Wasting millions of shillings to fly 150 police officers to Voi was a waste of public resources," Miguna tweeted.
The Governor, who is still in police custody, is expected to be arraigned on Monday to face corruption-related charges.