Politicians have protested against harassment by police in Kisii and Nyandarua County during the by-election.
Leaders allied to Orange Democratic Movement(ODM) and United Democratic Party(UDA) parties have condemned heavy police presence claiming some of their agents had been arrested ahead of the poll.
In Bonchari, ODM candidate Pavel Oimeke condemned the heavy presence of police claiming that they were harassing his agents and intimidating voters.
“My agent in Nyamare Primary School has this morning been arrested and this is unacceptable. The police are intimidating the voters so that they cannot come out and vote,” he said.
Elsewhere, UDA has claimed that some of its agents have been arrested by the police in the ongoing by-election of Rurii Ward in Nyandarua County.
According to UDA secretary-general Veronica Maina, Brian Mbugua and Daniel Githinji who are agents of the party were arrested by the police in the morning outside Rurii Polytechnic and taken to Ol Kalou Police Station.
She added that the party agents have been harassed and intimidated by the police across the ward.
She said that police have mounted unnecessary roadblocks across the ward, which she said will intimidate voters.
The two parties has asked IEBC to take note of the intimidations and condemn them.
The UDA at the same time urged their supporters to come out in numbers and vote amid low voter turnout recorded in several polling stations across the county.