Gatundu South Member of Parliament Moses Kuria and former Machakos senator Johnstone Muthama behind bars in a past arrest. [Photo/capitalfm.co.ke]Moments after the Gatundu South Member of Parliament Moses Kuria and former Machakos senator Johnstone Muthama were arrested, Monday, over hate speech remarks, a section of Kenyans took to social media to express their reactions.Kuria is alleged to have threatened to hunt people who live in Kiambu county and did not vote for President Uhuru Kenyatta.Muthama on the other hand is accused of making inflammatory remarks in Narok at the weekend.While some are happy about the arrest, others have criticised it saying it is a public relations exercise.Below are some varied opinions from twitter users:@gilbertkenya80: # KuriaMuthamaArrest becomes a mere PR exercise when the authorities arrest 1 politician from JP and 1 from NASA to balance the equation🤓🤓@SaayaMaric: Apparently, kuria is very special that he cant be alone in jail. They had to wait for muthama to keep him company. 😧# KuriaMuthamaArrest@_kisiaj: # KuriaMuthamaArrest I would like to know what warranted Hon Muthama arrest@JBOnganya: Muthama had to be arrested to Justify Kuria's arrest. Interesting times indeed.@JBOnganya: Moses Kuria is arrested after 2 weeks. Muthama is arrested immediately. Some animals are more equal than others.# KuriaMuthamaArrest@g_254dennis: # KuriaMuthamaArrest this good friends are back together once again 😁😁😁😁😁@simonkanyiri17: These guys should just be in police custody until we r done with elections. Their tongues are venom # KuriaMuthamaArrest@dennis93344980: Hate breeds more hate Arrest the two We demand Justice # KuriaMuthamaArrest

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