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<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2c4e5ad8d2a000b7eb6f415390d4171b wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#352626;font-size:14px"><strong>Kenyan MP, Charles Ong&#8217;ondo Were, 46, shot dead in &#8216;targeted&#8217; attack in Nairobi late Wednesday</strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2b2eb9e620c5a0dca17672c2401ca33f wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#352626;font-size:14px"><strong>Bystanders witnessed a shooter riding the pillion seat of a motorcycle open fire on the MP’s car while it was stopped at the intersection</strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2db79d8842b3de5870fa9d5bbad05cd2 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#352626;font-size:14px"><strong>Charles Were, a member of the centre-left Orange Democratic Movement, was the legislator representing Kasipul, a constituency in western Kenya </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-25c072cfdbccb9a5871bc0fd228098a5 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#352626;font-size:14px"><strong>The injured MP was rushed by his chauffeur and bodyguard, to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival</strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-667e5e7f4dfbf2feb8e1d8c3212258d1 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#352626;font-size:14px"><strong>Motive for hit remains unclear, but Were had publicly claimed some &#8220;hired goons&#8221; were plotting to assassinate him, attributing the plot to local politics</strong></p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Kenyan politician Charles Ong&#8217;ondo Were [photo], was shot dead in the streets of the capital Nairobi by gunmen on a motorcycle in a suspected assassination. The opposition Member of parliament was serving his second term in parliament</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A member of Kenya&#8217;s Parliament, Charles Ong&#8217;ondo Were, was shot dead on a busy street in the capital Nairobi by gunmen on a motorcycle, late Wednesday. Bystanders witnessed a shooter riding the pillion seat of a motorcycle open fire on the MP’s car while it was stopped at the intersection.<br>The suspected assassination unfolded with the assailants trailing the politician&#8217;s vehicle before one of them got off the motorbike and shot him at close range, police said<br>&#8220;The nature of this crime appears to be both targeted and predetermined,&#8221; police spokesperson Muchiri Nyaga said in a statement.<br>Were, 46, was the legislator representing Kasipul, a constituency in western Kenya and a member of the centre-left Orange Democratic Movement, which arose out of opposition to a 2005 proposal to replace the constitution with a text that critics said placed exorbitant power in the presidency. <br>The opposition MP according to local media reports, two months ago complained about threats to his life.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Forensics experts from Nairobi police department examine Charles Ong&#8217;ondo Were&#8217;s vehicle after he was shot in traffic. Police said the assailants trailed the opposition politician&#8217;s vehicle on a motorbike, before one of them got off and shot him at close range </strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Going back to February 24, 1965, with the assassination of Pio Gama Pinto, Wednesday&#8217;s killing would make the ninth case of an elected representative killed while serving in office in the country &#8211; several of them in traffic. The last known case was the assassination of MP George Muchai in 2015.<br>Wednesday&#8217;s attack in the capital, happened along Ngong Road near a busy roundabout often manned by traffic police and well secured with cameras. Were&#8217;s chauffeur and bodyguard, both unhurt, managed to rush the injured MP to Nairobi Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.<br>Shortly after the shooting, senior police commanders and detectives visited the scene and investigations are under way, police said.<br>President William Ruto has ordered police to conduct a thorough investigation into the attack, adding: &#8220;Those responsible must be held to account.&#8221;<br>Fellow legislators who visited the scene on Wednesday night expressed shock and outrage at the killing and called for swift investigations and justice. Speaker Moses Wetang&#8217;ula, described Charles Were as a &#8220;fearless and distinguished&#8221; legislator, calling his shooting &#8220;devastating&#8221;.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>&#8220;The nature of this crime appears to be both targeted and predetermined,&#8221; police said. The opposition MP, [photo], according to local media reports, two months ago complained about threats to his life</strong> </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The motive for his killing is still not clear but the opposition politician legislator had publicly stated that some &#8220;hired goons&#8221; were plotting to assassinate him, attributing the plot to local politics.<br>In February, he expressed concern over growing violence and unrest during public events in the Kasipul constituency in western Kenya which he represented.<br>&#8220;When you hear I have been killed, Kasipul will not be the same again. But I know they won&#8217;t kill me because I have the Bible in my phone and another one under my pillow,&#8221; Were said at the time.<br>On Thursday, homicide detectives visited the scene with Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen saying that &#8220;investigations have advanced&#8221;.<br>Were was serving his second term in parliament as a member of the Orange Democratic Movement, led by veteran politician Raila Odinga.<br></p>

Kenyan opposition MP killed in daylight ‘hit’ on a busy Nairobi street on Wednesday, complained about assassination plot two months earlier
