Kasipul MP Charles Were's Driver, Bodyguard Arrested

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detectives have arrested the late Kasipul Member of Parliament Charles Were’s driver and bodyguard. 

The two were arrested on Tuesday, May 6 night and are being treated as persons of interest in the investigation of the murder of Were.

Were’s driver and bodyguard are being grilled after giving conflicting statements about the events before and after the shooting of the MP.

The two who are in police custody were not injured when Were was fatally shot along Ngong Road on March 30.

Four other suspects are already in custody in connection with the murder of the Kasipul lawmaker.

The suspects were on Monday presented before the JKIA Court, where investigators secured a 30-day custodial order to facilitate further investigations. 

At the same time, two additional suspects, Edwin Oduor Odhiambo alias Abdul Rashid, and Dennis Sewe Munyasi, have been arrested over the killing of Were.

Upon their arrest, the suspects led the investigators to Odhiambo's house, where two pistols, a Retay Falcon and a Sarsilmaz, were recovered, and nine rounds of 9 mm calibre ammunition were found.

The DCI officers also recovered a bag and footwear matching the description of those worn by one of the suspects at the scene of the incident. The items have been submitted for forensic examination.

An autopsy conducted by Johansen Oduor, the Chief Government Pathologist, revealed that Were was shot five times, with the bullets entering from the left side of his body.

Oduor expressed that the MP could not have survived the gun attack, given that integral body organs such as the heart were affected.

"We have taken samples for analysis. Further to that, we have found injuries in the vital organs. There was bullet track on the lungs, the heart, the liver, and the aorta.

"This means that the late MP could not survive the injuries caused by the gunshot,” Oduor revealed.