A Kenyan legislator was shot in a street in Nairobi occupied by an assassin of motorcycle on Wednesday evening, in what the police described as a “targeted and premeditated” attack.
The legislator, Charles was, which served a second term in Parliament, was in a vehicle arrested on a traffic light when he was killed, the police said. Witnesses reported that a person going up to the back of a motorcycle had jumped and shot the passenger side of Mr. Wel’s car before being taken by the motorcycle driver, police said.
A pattern was not immediately clear. Mudiri Nyaga, a police spokesman, said in a statement On Wednesday it was too early for the authorities to provide additional details.
President William Ruto of Kenya called on the police to “conduct an in -depth investigation” and expressed condolences to Mr. Wel’s family. “Managers must be held to report”, said In a statement Thursday.
The police said that the driver and another car passenger were unharmed during the shooting and quickly led Mr. Nairobi Hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival.
Mr. was re -elected to Parliament in 2022 as a member of the Orange democratic movement, the opposition party led by Raila Odonga, Mr. Ruto’s main rival in previous general elections.
M. Odonga, in a statement Thursday compared the day shooting to “a gangland style execution” which was “shocking barbaric”.
Kenya has the reputation of a relatively stable nation in a volatile region. The frustration towards the government reached a new summit last year during deadly demonstrations against an increase in tax. Dozens of people have been abducted or arbitrarily detained by the security forces, according to activists and human rights groups.
Mr. Ruto has promoted the increase in tax as a necessary measure to limit the amazing debt of the country.
A rich businessman who grew up poor, Mr. Ruto campaigned on an economy improvement platform for Kenyans. His criticisms say that this had not happened.
Abdi latif dahir Contributed reports.
