Mukurweini MP John Kaguchia has explained why he spent the night inside the Royal Media Services premises before police arrested him on Monday morning and escorted him to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) headquarters for questioning.

The legislator said he chose to remain inside the media house after learning that a large group of armed, hooded and masked officers were waiting outside. While insisting that he was willing to cooperate with investigators, Kaguchia said the manner in which the operation was being carried out raised concerns about his safety.

"I have no problem answering any questions from the authorities," he said during an interview before his arrest. "But the constitutional way of being arrested in Kenya is by being summoned and arrested by uniformed police officers under clear circumstances."

Kaguchia said the presence of what he described as more than 40 armed, masked men, accompanied by numerous vehicles, made him reluctant to leave the building.

"An arrest which is done by hooded, masked armed men... and then this is being executed at night is definitely something which is suspect," he said.

The MP added that recent reports of abductions and enforced disappearances had heightened his fears.

"Considering that we are in this country where we have abductions and forced disappearances, you would expect that I would definitely be alarmed," he said. "That's why I refused to walk into that trap and stayed here overnight."

Despite his concerns, Kaguchia maintained that he was ready to present himself before any lawful authority.

"If there is anything the government has on me, I'm not fearful of presenting myself to authorities to answer any question," he said. "But not through unprocedural means."

The legislator linked the attempted arrest to remarks he made during a political rally on Saturday, saying he had seen social media posts portraying his comments as inflammatory.

"I saw posts by government structures and machinery on my political utterances that I made on Saturday, which I saw were being pushed as inflammatory," he said.

Kaguchia argued that complaints related to hate speech or inflammatory remarks fall under the mandate of the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC). He said he had not received any summons from the commission or any other formal communication requiring him to appear.

"That's an issue that falls under the purview of the NCIC as an independent commission. I have not received any summons from them," he said.

He also claimed that some of the material circulating online had distorted his remarks.

"The only thing I have seen is social media posts, which of course were also twisted," he said, adding that some were shared by government-aligned figures.

Kaguchia reiterated that he would willingly appear before investigators if the process followed the law.

"If an arrest has to be done, let it be done under clear circumstances and in a legal manner so that if it goes to court, I will have my day in court," he said.

The MP was later arrested outside the Royal Media Services studios after a senior police officer reportedly arrived at the premises and requested that he be handed over. He was then escorted to the DCI headquarters along Kiambu Road for questioning over the remarks he allegedly made during the political rally.

Authorities had not publicly detailed the specific allegations against the legislator at the time of his arrest.