The National Police Service (NPS) has called on Kenyans who could have witnessed the shooting of Kasipul Member of Parliament, Charles Were, to report to the nearest police station.
The appeal follows an update by the Police Spokesperson, Muchiri Nyaga, who revealed Were's last moments before his tragic demise at the Nairobi Hospital.
In a statement on Wednesday, April 30, Nyaga disclosed that yesterday evening, at around 7:30 pm, a white Toyota Crown vehicle stopped at a red traffic light on Ngong Road, near the City Mortuary roundabout. Eyewitnesses who spoke to the police indicated that a motorcycle carrying a rider and a pillion passenger stopped alongside the Toyota car. Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja speaking at a meeting at the Administration Police College in Embakasi on Monday, February 17.
Photo NPS Consequently, the pillion passenger approached the vehicle and fired shots at the passenger side before jumping back onto the motorcycle and speeding away. Following the incident, the driver of the car and a male passenger, both unhurt, managed to rush the lawmaker to Nairobi Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. "Further details gathered at the hospital confirmed the deceased to be Honourable Charles Were, MP for Kasipul. The nature of this crime appears to be both targeted and premeditated," the police revealed.
