“It is a sad state of affairs that police and the Judiciary are being used to intimidate leaders of some political persuasions,” said Koech. Barasa denied claims they had weapons at the time of the arrest, saying they were party agents who were just going around checking how the voting was going on. “We didn’t intimidate or threaten anyone. We were supervising election as agents when we were arrested,” said Barasa. Subscribe to Our Newsletter The four were on Thursday arrested for planning to cause violence during the Kabuchai by-election. The charge sheet read they were in possession of crude weapons in their vehicle during the arrest and had also refused to have their fingerprints taken.