Police say they have arrested the motorbike rider who was carrying Kasipul Member of Parliament Charles Were\u2019s killer.<\/p>\n
The MP was shot dead on April 30 in the evening traffic near the City Mortuary roundabout on Ngong Road by a gunman whose accomplice was riding a motorbike.<\/p>\n
The gunman alighted from the motorbike at a red light and opened fire at close range before fleeing the scene with the rider.<\/p>\n
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Wednesday said a man identified as Amos Barasa Kasili was arrested in Nairobi\u2019s Kibera area after a forensic investigation placed him at the crime scene.<\/p>\n
\u201cBarasa served as the rider of the motorcycle with registration number KMFZ 413W, a Bajaj Boxer, which the assailants used to trail the MP’s vehicle and later as a getaway bike after the attack,\u201d the investigative agency said in a report<\/p>\n
DCI said at the time of arrest, Kasili, \u201ca habitual criminal who masquerades as a boda boda operator,\u201d was found in possession of the motorcycle in question.<\/p>\n
The agency said the suspect admitted his involvement in the crime, \u201crevealing that he had been engaged by the main actors and received a payment of Ksh.50,000 as part of his compensation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kasili\u2019s motorbike, according to the DCI, matches the description of the bike captured by CCTV footage near Parliament trailing the slain MP’s car.<\/p>\n
Police say Were\u2019s killing was \u201ctargeted and premeditated\u201d and have been pursuing suspects, among them a police officer and some of Were\u2019s close associates believed to have been key in the murder.<\/p>\n
Investigators believe Were\u2019s killing may have been orchestrated by a criminal network with access to significant financial resources.<\/p>\n
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