Kenyan MP shot useless in ‘focused’ assault in Nairobi

A Kenyan member of parliament has been shot useless within the streets of the capital Nairobi by gunmen on a motorbike in a suspected assassination.

Police stated the attackers had been trailing Charles Ong’ondo Have been’s car earlier than one in every of them received off the motorcycle and shot him at shut vary.

“The character of this crime seems to be each focused and predetermined,” police spokesperson Muchiri Nyaga stated in an announcement.

The opposition MP had two months in the past complained about threats to his life, native media reported.

After the capturing on late Wednesday, his driver and bodyguard, each unharmed, managed to hurry the injured MP to Nairobi Hospital, the place he was pronounced useless on arrival.

The assault occurred alongside Ngong Highway close to a busy roundabout typically manned by site visitors cops and nicely secured with safety cameras.

Shortly after the capturing, senior police commanders and detectives visited the scene and investigations are underway, police stated.

President William Ruto has ordered police to conduct an intensive investigation into the assault, including that: “These accountable have to be held to account.”

Fellow legislators who visited the scene expressed shock and outrage on the killing and known as for swift investigations and justice.

Parliament Speaker Moses Wetang’ula described the MP as a “fearless and distinguished” legislator, calling his capturing “devastating”.

Have been represented the Kasipul constituency in western Kenya as a member of the Orange Democratic Motion, led by veteran politician Raila Odinga.

In his assertion, Odinga condemned the killing, saying the legislator was “mercilessly and in chilly blood, gunned down by an murderer”.

“Now we have misplaced a gallant son of the soil!” Odinga added.

Odinga misplaced to President Ruto within the 2022 election and rejected the outcomes on account of alleged irregularities.

The previous prime minister has since struck a political take care of Ruto which noticed some opposition members be part of cupboard in what’s referred because the “broad-based authorities”.