Two Kenyan MPs have appeared in court in connection with an outbreak of violence earlier this month that left 14 people dead.

The MPs, Ali Rasso and Chachu Ganya, from Marsabit County in northern Kenya were arrested on Monday.

Last week Interior Minister Fred Matiang’i said intelligence reports had shown that politicians were fanning the violence in Marsabit that had led to 16 schools closing down.

The prosecution asked for the two MPs to be detained for three weeks to enable the police to complete investigations into cases of alleged incitement to violence and promoting war-like activities.

They have not yet entered a plea.