Former Sports CS Rashid Echesa was Tuesday released from custody on a Sh1 million cash bail after being charged with assault and disturbance over the Matungu by-election. 

Echesa was arrested on Friday and charged on Monday but spent the night in police cells to await the Kiambu court decision on his bail application.

The case will be heard on April 9.

The ex-CS was apprehended after being filmed slapping an official of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) during the Matungu by-election on Thursday.

In the video that went viral on social media, an irked Echesa is seen verbally attacking and accusing the IEBC officer of allegedly ejecting a UDA agent from the Bulonga polling station.

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Echesa surrendered at Matungu Police Station after Inspector General of Police Hilary Mutyambai gave him an ultimatum to surrender or be declared armed and dangerous.