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| Charles Ong'ondo Were: Kasipul MP shot dead in Kenyan capital Nairobi | Charles Ong'ondo Were: Kasipul MP shot dead in Kenyan capital Nairobi |
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| Forensics experts have been examining Were's vehicle | Forensics experts have been examining Were's vehicle |
| A Kenyan member of parliament has been shot dead in the streets of the capital Nairobi by gunmen on a motorcycle in a suspected assassination. | A Kenyan member of parliament has been shot dead in the streets of the capital Nairobi by gunmen on a motorcycle in a suspected assassination. |
| Police said the attackers had been trailing Charles Ong'ondo Were's vehicle before one of them got off the motorbike and shot him at close range. | Police said the attackers had been trailing Charles Ong'ondo Were's vehicle before one of them got off the motorbike and shot him at close range. |
| "The nature of this crime appears to be both targeted and predetermined," police spokesperson Muchiri Nyaga said in a statement. | "The nature of this crime appears to be both targeted and predetermined," police spokesperson Muchiri Nyaga said in a statement. |
| The opposition MP had two months ago complained about threats to his life, local media reported. | The opposition MP had two months ago complained about threats to his life, local media reported. |
| After the shooting on late Wednesday, his driver and bodyguard, both unhurt, managed to rush the injured MP to Nairobi Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. | After the shooting on late Wednesday, his driver and bodyguard, both unhurt, managed to rush the injured MP to Nairobi Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. |
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| The attack happened along Ngong Road near a busy roundabout often manned by traffic police officers and well secured with security cameras. | The attack happened along Ngong Road near a busy roundabout often manned by traffic police officers and well secured with security cameras. |
| Shortly after the shooting, senior police commanders and detectives visited the scene and investigations are underway, police said. | Shortly after the shooting, senior police commanders and detectives visited the scene and investigations are underway, police said. |
| President William Ruto has ordered police to conduct a thorough investigation into the attack, adding that: "Those responsible must be held to account." | President William Ruto has ordered police to conduct a thorough investigation into the attack, adding that: "Those responsible must be held to account." |
| Fellow legislators who visited the scene on Wednesday night expressed shock and outrage at the killing and called for swift investigations and justice. | |
| Parliament Speaker Moses Wetang'ula described the MP as a "fearless and distinguished" legislator, calling his shooting "devastating". | Parliament Speaker Moses Wetang'ula described the MP as a "fearless and distinguished" legislator, calling his shooting "devastating". |
| Charles Ong'ondo Were was serving his second term in parliament | |
| The motive for his killing is still not clear but the soft-spoken legislator had publicly claimed some "hired goons" were plotting to assassinate him, attributing the plot to local politics. | |
| In February, he expressed concern over growing violence and unrest during public events in the Kasipul constituency in western Kenya which he represented. | |
| "When you hear I have been killed, Kasipul will not be the same again. But I know they won't kill me because I have the Bible in my phone and another one under my pillow," Were said at the time. | |
| On Thursday, homicide detectives visited the scene with Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen saying that "investigations have advanced". | |
| Were was serving his second term in parliament as a member of the Orange Democratic Movement, led by veteran politician Raila Odinga. | |
| In his statement, Odinga condemned the killing, saying the legislator was "mercilessly and in cold blood, gunned down by an assassin". | In his statement, Odinga condemned the killing, saying the legislator was "mercilessly and in cold blood, gunned down by an assassin". |
| "We have lost a gallant son of the soil!" Odinga added. | "We have lost a gallant son of the soil!" Odinga added. |
| Odinga lost to President Ruto in the 2022 election and rejected the results due to alleged irregularities. | Odinga lost to President Ruto in the 2022 election and rejected the results due to alleged irregularities. |
| The former prime minister has since struck a political deal with Ruto which saw some opposition members join cabinet in what is referred as the "broad-based government" - which Were supported. | |
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