A Kenyan member of parliament, Charles Ong’ondo, 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.
“The nature of this crime appears to be both targeted and predetermined,” police spokesperson Muchiri Nyaga said in a statement.
The opposition MP had complained two months ago 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.
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,e 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.”
