The youth were protesting against the appointment of Nyeri Governor Nderitu Gachagua to the Jubilee Party campaign team recently unveiled at the Bomas of Kenya.
Those arrested had carried placards with inscriptions "Jubilee Under Attack".
They shouted anti-Jubilee slogans as Ruto's motorcade snaked through to Gititu Secondary School in Tetu constituency.
Police who had been deployed at the venue intervened, beat them up before arresting them.
The 3pm incident elicited social media outrage as videos and photos depicting the manner in which the police arrested them were shared.
One photo showed a police officer stepping on the chest of one of the youth lying on a dusty ground.
Tetu Deputy Commissioner Herman Shambi denied claims that police used excessive force against the protesting youth.
"Investigations are ongoing since the youth were not from Tetu," he said.
"They were from Karatina and Majengo slums in Nyeri town. They even had a vehicle."
He said those roughed up by the police had resisted arrest
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He warned youth to stop being used by politicians to settle their differences.All the youth were released unconditionally.
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