Former Laikipia North MP Mathew Lempurkel was on Wednesday arrested for questioning over the clashes in Laikipia.
Mr Lempurkel was seized at his Rongai home, Rift Valley Regional Coordinator George Natembeya confirmed.
Mr Lempurkel comes as tension continued to build in the area that has been ravaged by insecurity.
On Tuesday afternoon, heavily armed bandits torched a school in Laikipia West.
In a brazen attack, the bandits torched Mirigwiti Primary School before engaging security officers in a brief gunfight before they fled.
The attack happened as Mr Natembeya launched a security operation about four kilometres away in Ol Moran town. BY DAILY NATION