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The man who caned Cord leader Raila Odinga twice during a rally in Kinango on Monday has been arrested.
Police identified him as Lengo Mzombe, 40, from Gibana area in Kaloleni. He is a farm hand at Nasim Khan home in the area contrary to earlier police reports that he was mentally ill.
Mzombe is currently being interrogated by police on why he caned Raila and Kwale governor Salim Mvurya during the Cord Okoa Kenya rally in Kinango.
The rally was interrupted briefly on Monday when Mzombe stormed the meeting and started attacking Cord leader Raila using a walking stick.
Odinga and other leaders were dancing when the drama started.
The man managed to sneak among dancers and hit both Raila and Mvurya twice with the stick before bodyguards overpowered him. It was not immediately established why he hit Raila.
Both Raila and Mvurya's aides were nowhere in sight when their bosses were being punished for mistakes they weren't aware of. Kwale county publicity officer Omar Mwagao later wrestled the man to the ground.
Mwagao snatched the stick as Mzombe attempted to land yet another blow at the governor who was astonished by the turn of events as Raila watched.
Kinango AP commander Peter Musyoka said on Monday that the man could not be arrested and held in custody because he was mentally ill.
"We cannot arrest a mad person because we know him very well," he told The Star.
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