Court told boda boda rider in MP Ong’ondo Were's murder case was given Sh50,000
In the miscellaneous application seeking to detain Barasa, detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations said the suspect had told them he was paid Sh50,000 for the mission.
A boda boda rider, alleged to have ferried the assassin who shot and killed Kasipul MP Charles Ong’ondo Were, will remain in police custody for 20 days pending investigations.
Amos Barasa appeared before the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Magistrates’ Court, where police sought to detain him for 30 working days. However, Principal Magistrate Irene Gichobi ruled that 20 days would be enough.
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"Consequently, the said application to detain the respondent at the Parklands Police Station is allowed but for 20 days in the first instance,” she said.
She also allowed the police to access his mobile phone and two SIM cards and directed the matter to be mentioned on June 4.
In the miscellaneous application seeking to detain Barasa, detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said the suspect had told them he was paid Sh50,000 for the mission.
Baraza was arrested on Tuesday night in an operation in Kibera slums.
He told the detectives he was the one who had the motorcycle that was used to ferry the assassin from the Parliament area to the murder scene and back to Parliament.
The motorcycle was also recovered from his house in Laini Saba, police said.
The police further revealed that Barasa said he did not know the victim was an MP, and only came to learn of it later when he heard locals talk about it.
After ferrying the killer from Parliament to the scene and back to Parliament, he dropped another client in the Kiamaiko area and rode back to Kibera, where he has been staying since then.
In court, Barasa requested to be given a conducive environment at the station, saying that he had been denied access to a mattress and was sleeping on the floor.
“I am kindly requesting to be given warm clothes because the police cells are cold and I have a chest problem,” said Barasa.
The investigating officer told the court that he would make sure Barasa is well taken care of.
His arrest brings to 12 the number of suspects in custody over the murder of the MP on April 30 on Valley Road near City Mortuary.
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