16 Suspects Arrested Over Violent Attack on MP Peter Kaluma During Kasipul By-Election

 

By Brian 

The National Police Service (NPS) has arrested sixteen suspects believed to have been involved in Thursday’s violent assault on Homa Bay Town MP Peter Kaluma during the Kasipul Constituency by-election.

In a statement issued on Friday, November 28, the NPS said an intensive manhunt launched immediately after the incident led to the interception of multiple vehicles and the recovery of crude weapons allegedly used during the attack.

“Following the attack on Hon. Peter Kaluma at Agoro Sare Primary School polling station during the Kasipul Constituency by-election yesterday, 27th November 2025, police launched an intensive manhunt for the suspected perpetrators,” the police statement said.

During the operation, officers seized five vehicles and two motorcycles believed to have facilitated the assault. A search of the vehicles resulted in the arrest of sixteen suspects who were found armed with ten pangas, five knives, rungus and stones.

The suspects are being held in police custody and are expected to be arraigned to face charges linked to electoral violence.

The chaos erupted on Thursday at the Agoro Sare polling center, where MP Kaluma had accompanied ODM candidate Boyd Were. Tensions reportedly escalated moments after the MP arrived, when a group of individuals confronted him, sparking a violent altercation.

Kaluma sustained visible injuries, including a bleeding head wound, as he was escorted from the scene. In the disorder, his bodyguard is said to have lost his firearm, underscoring the intensity of the confrontation.

After the incident, the legislator accused supporters of Independent Candidate Philip Aroko of orchestrating the attack to intimidate voters and disrupt the by-election.

“They are small people; we would have fought them back, but don’t fight them because that is what they want. They don’t want people to come to vote,” Kaluma said.

Police say investigations are ongoing as they seek to ensure accountability for the violence that marred the by-election.