Kasipul MP Charles Ong'ondo Were.Kasipul MP Charles Ong'ondo Were is dead.
Preliminary reports indicate that he was shot dead by two gunmen on a motorbike along Ngong Road near City Mortuary.
Police said the motive of the murder was not immediately established.
The body was moved to Nairobi hospital.
The body lay at the emergency section as several colleagues rushed there to view it.
DCI Mohamed Amin, Nairobi police boss George Seda and PS interior Raymond Omollo were among those at the hospital.
The car Kasipul MP Ong'ondo Were was using when he was shot dead by gunmen on motorbike near City Mortuary in Nairobi. /CYRUS OMBATILeaders have mourned the legislator terming his death as a shock.
Saboti MP Caleb Amisi recounted the last conversations with Were where he allayed that everything was not well.
“I was with my colleague just this afternoon in parliament, chatted, laughed, and he told me I need a conversation with you ,mambo si mazuri. His exact words. Five hours later, he is no more. The news is shocking,” he said.
Credible reports said the MP was shot when he was caught up on traffic jam.
He had just left Parliament and was headed to Mbagathi Road when two gunmen who were trailing him struck.
They smashed the window of his car and shot him at close range.
The car MP Charles Ong'ondo was using at the Nairobi hospital, April 30, 2025. /CYRUS OMBATI
Ong'ondo was first elected in 2017 and re-elected in 2022 on an Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) ticket.
In Parliament, he served on the Departmental Committee on Blue Economy and Irrigation.
The Legislator held a Bachelor of Business Management and a Diploma in Business Management from Mt Kenya University, and a Certificate in Computerised Accounting from Meru University.
Before entering politics, Were held leadership roles in the private sector.
Police officers at Nairobi hospital where the MP's body was taken after he was shot dead. CYRUS OMBATI
Police officers at Nairobi hospital where the MP's body was taken after he was shot dead. /CYRUS OMBATI
