Eight Kenyan politicians have been charged over hate speech and incitement to violence, following public comments and calls to supporters made in recent days.
But the lawmakers denied the charges.
The parliamentarians were arrested on Tuesday and have been held in custody but eventually regained their freedom Friday.
The detained Jubilee MPs, Moses Kuria, Kimani Ngun-jiri and Ferdinand Wai-titu, are loyalists of President Uhuru Kenyatta and members of his Ki-kuyu tribe.
Jubilee MPs Kuria and Wai-titu are accused of making public statements threatening the life of opposition leader Raila Odinga, while Ngun-jiri is said to have called for Luos in the central town of Nakuru to return to Western Kenya, their traditional homeland.
On the CORD side Mohammed, Mutua and Muthama are accused of inciting the storming of police headquarters, while Bosire and Jumwa are alleged to have predicted chaos and violence, as a result of Kenyatta’s failure to unite the country in the wake of widespread and deadly political violence following the 2007 elections.
Tensions are already rising ahead of elections due in August 2017.
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