Five suspects have been formally charged with the murder of Kasipul Member of Parliament Charles Ongond’o Were.
This follows the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) 's move to consolidate two separate murder cases previously filed at the Kibera and Milimani Law Courts.
According to a statement by the Office of the DPP on Tuesday, July 29, Lady Justice Diana Kavedza approved the consolidation of the cases, paving the way for the joint prosecution of all five accused.
The suspects, William Imoli Shigali alias Imo, Edwin Odour Odhiambo alias Machuani, Ebel Ochieng alias Dave Calo, Isaac Kuria Chege alias Kush, and Allan Omondi Ogola, are alleged to have carried out the fatal shooting of the MP on the evening of April 30, 2025, near the City Mortuary Roundabout along Ngong Road in Kilimani, Nairobi County.
Previously, Shigali, Odour, and Ochieng had denied the murder charges at the Kibera High Court, while Kuria and Omondi had entered similar pleas at Milimani.
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With the cases merged, Justice Kavedza scheduled a bond ruling for the first three suspects on August 14 and the remaining two on September 22, 2025.
The charges stem from the fatal attack on the ODM legislator, who was gunned down in what police described as a targeted assassination.
According to investigators, the MP was being trailed by assailants on a motorcycle before one of them dismounted and shot him multiple times at close range.
In earlier court proceedings, authorities revealed that some of the suspects were captured on CCTV surveillance tailing the MP in the city, with one carrying a bag believed to contain the murder weapon.
His driver and bodyguard, who escaped unhurt, rushed him to Nairobi Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Postmortem results confirmed that Were died from excessive internal bleeding after being shot five times in the chest.
