Political tensions in Isiolo County escalated on Wednesday, August 27, after part of the County Assembly Clerk's office was set on fire, just hours after goons vandalized the County Assembly chambers. This occurred shortly after the County Assembly Speaker, Mohamed Roba, was arrested.

• The Isiolo County Assembly Clerk's office was torched, and County Assembly chambers vandalized.
• County Assembly Speaker Mohamed Roba was arrested by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) along Thika Road and taken to Ruaraka Police Station.
• Roba was later moved to Mavoko Law Courts and faces charges including assault of a police officer and malicious damage of property, stemming from an incident where authorities tried to recover county cars from him.