The by-election exercise going on in Ruguru Ward in Nyeri County was on Wednesday temporarily stopped after a female election observer was physically assaulted.
Trouble started when Mathira MP Rigathi Gachagua visited one of the polling stations and found an unidentified woman reported to be a political campaigner, and who was also posing as an elections observer.
At some point the standoff took a violent turn after an unidentified man slapped the woman at the centre of the controversy for "insulting the Mathira MP".
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The video released on Wednesday evening also showed police officers taking custody of the assaulted woman, with the assistance of the man who had assaulted her.
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