Kasipul MP Ong’ondo Were was Wednesday evening shot and killed by gunmen who had trailed him.
The MP was driving in a salon car when he was shot at close range at the City Mortuary roundabout.
He was rushed to the nearby Nairobi Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Witnesses said gunmen on a motorcycle had trailed him from Parliament to the scene of the shooting. It is not clear where he was headed.
They shot him at close range after smashing the window pane of the car before riding off.
Police said the motive was not immediately known.
Director DCI Mohamed Amin, Nairobi police boss George Seda and PS interior Raymond Omollo were among those at the hospital. His body lay at the emergency side as several colleagues rushed there to view it.
Police later arrived at the entrance of the hospital and mounted a tape around Were’s car was as part of the probe into the murder. Amin said they are investigating murder.
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