Saturday, June 1, 2024 - Gatundu South Member of Parliament Gabriel Kagombe is currently a guest of the state after he was arrested on Friday in connection with the fatal shooting of a boda boda rider in Thika,11 days ago.
Kagombe was arrested in the Kileleshwa area
three days after police launched a manhunt for him.
The MP's arrest came after detectives
conducted ballistics on all firearms that were at the scene on the fateful day
and preliminary investigations confirmed that he is the one who discharged the
killer bullet that killed the Boda Boda rider.
The first-term lawmaker is likely to face
murder charges on Monday at the Kiambu Law Courts.
The legislator had attended a ceremony to
launch the construction of a market in Thika when chaos erupted between
supporters of Thika Town MP Alice Ng'ang'a and Kamenu MCA Peter Mburu.
The skirmishes left one person dead and
several others with multiple injuries. David Nudati, a 26-year-old man was
fatally shot.
DCI officers later ordered all firearm holders
who were present during the melee to surrender their guns to their Kiambu Road
headquarters.
The other MPs present during the fracas were
Majority Leader in the National Assembly Kimani Ichung’wah and Gatundu North MP
Elijah Njoroge Kururia.
The Kenyan DAILY POST
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