Kitutu Chache South MP Kibagendi to face assault charges today after arrest
Kitutu Chache South Member of Parliament (MP) Anthony Kibagendi has today been arrested over assault charges linked to an incident in Kisii Town where he violently assaulted a man at a eatery.
He was arrested by detectives attached to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) ahead of his arraignment today.
“I have been aggressively blocked by DCI officers and arrested, being taken to DCI headquarters,” the MP said on his social media post.
He was ferried to Kisii where he will be charged.
At the time of the arrest, Kibagendi is said to have obtained an anticipatory bail barring his arrest.
However, the DCI said it was handling the matter in accordance with standard criminal procedures.
The DCI office confirmed the arrest after the lawmaker said its officers “aggressively blocked” blocked him and took him to Muthaiga Police Station in Nairobi without divulging details.
The arrest follows the emergence of CCTV footage showing Kibagendi physically attacking a man inside an eatery in Kisii town on November 27, 2025.
The footage showed the victim, identified as Enock Omariba Moriasi, seated at a corner table when Kibagendi entered the restaurant dressed in jungle green trousers, a black jacket, and a mask.
Kibagendi pointed and shouted at Moriasi, who responded verbally.
The confrontation escalated quickly, with the MP allegedly kicking Moriasi in the chest, grabbing him by the neck, and continuing to physically assault him, prompting other patrons to intervene.
Kibagendi is not new to controversy.
In September 2025, Kibagendi clashed with his Kitutu Chache North counterpart, Japheth Nyakundi, during a funeral in Kisii County, where the two MPs argued over President William Ruto and Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i before pushing and shoving on a raised podium.
Kibagendi is one of the fierce government critics notably of the Social Health Authority (SHA) scandal including acrimonious exchanges with Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale over SHA management.
The MP is a member of the National Assembly Departmental Committee on Health.
