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Kingi mourned Kyalo Mbobu as a distinguished advocate, an accomplished law scholar, and a committed public servant.

Senate Speaker Amason Kingi has asked the National Police Service (NPS) to launch thorough investigations into the brutal murder of lawyer Mathew Kyalo Mbobu. 

In a statement via X on Tuesday, September 9, Kingi said the police should establish the motive behind the assassination and ensure those responsible are brought to book.

“As the country comes to terms with this chilling incident, we expect the police to carry out speedy and thorough investigations to unearth the reason and culprits behind this heinous crime and ensure justice is served,” Kingi said.

The Senate Speaker said that the assassination of Mbobu on Tuesday evening left him devastated and in deep shock.

Kingi mourned Mbobu as a distinguished advocate, an accomplished law scholar, and a committed public servant.

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File image of Senate Speaker Amason Kingi. 

“Wakili Kyalo Mbobu was a distinguished advocate of the High Court of Kenya, an outstanding law scholar and a dedicated public servant, having at one time served as Chairperson of the Political Parties Dispute Tribunal,” he stated.

Kingi also recalled being one of Mbobu’s students at the University of Nairobi’s Parklands Campus, where he benefited from his mentorship.

Further, Speaker Kingi extended his condolences to the family, relatives, and friends of the late Mbobu.

“I join my colleagues in the legal fraternity and indeed all Kenyans, in mourning Wakili Kyalo Mbobu and praying that God gives his family, relatives, and friends the fortitude to bear this immense loss. May his soul rest in eternal peace,” Kingi concluded.

Mbobu was gunned down on Tuesday evening while stuck in traffic near the Galleria mall along Magadi Road in Nairobi.

Witnesses and police reports indicated that assailants riding on a motorcycle pulled up to his car and opened fire.

Mbobu’s vehicle’s windshield was shattered during the attack before the gunmen fired at least three shots, fatally wounding the lawyer.

Police officers rushed to the scene after the attack, but the assailants had already fled by the time they arrived.

The incident happened just months after Kasipul Member of Parliament Charles Ong’ondo Were was shot dead along Ngong Road in Nairobi.