Authorities have arrested a former top regional police chief on suspicion of financing the burning of homes during Kenya's postelection violence _ the latest fallout from weeks of bloodshed as peace talks continued Wednesday at a secret location.
Local police Chief Bernard Muli said they were still investigating complaints that Raphael Ndara Ndiwa, a former provincial police chief, backed armed youths who torched homes and shops in the western town of Trans-Nzoia.
Ndiwa was released conditionally pending the results of the investigation, Muli said. Charges have not yet been filed.
A news blackout on the peace talks appeared to be holding; neither …
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