Were's murder Stories

MP Were murder case: Politician Aroko re-arrested after High Court overturns bail ruling
Carolyne Kubwa  |  May 20, 2025

The court observed that the lower court ought to have allowed the police reasonable time to finalise investigations before releasing the respondent on...

Murkomen: Why police are solving MP Were’s murder faster, unlike other cases
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 14, 2025

Murkomen dismissed claims that police were selectively fast-tracking the case of Kasipul MP Charles Were, while stalling on investigations into unreso...

MP Were murder case: Suspect Ebel Ochieng challenges JKIA court's jurisdiction
Carolyne Kubwa  |  May 14, 2025

Ochieng, through his lawyers told Justice James Wakiaga that Principal Magistrate Irene Gichobi, sitting at JKIA Law Courts, acted arbitrarily by decl...

Bodyguard, driver were in contact with MP Charles Were’s killers- Police
Carolyne Kubwa  |  May 09, 2025

He said investigators believe the bodyguard and driver were in communication with the assailants before and after the fatal shooting, in what police a...

Politician Philip Aroko detained for seven days in probe into Were's murder
Carolyne Kubwa  |  May 09, 2025

The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) told the court that Aroko has been linked to a series of meetings in Nairobi, Homa Bay, and N...

Were murder case: High Court orders Aroko to be produced on Monday
Carolyne Kubwa  |  May 09, 2025

Court documents reveal that Aroko turned himself in at DCI headquarters in Gigiri that same day but has since been held without being charged, denied...

Kasipul MP Charles Were’s bodyguard, driver spoke and held meetings with suspects before the murder
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 08, 2025

Police say the murder was orchestrated through multiple meetings in Nairobi and Homa Bay long before the MP was shot.

Kasipul MP Were murder case: Suspects to know fate on Friday as police seek to detain them for 30 days
Carolyne Kubwa  |  May 08, 2025

Preliminary investigations reveal that Were's bodyguard and driver were in communication with suspected planners and executors of his murder.

Were murder probe: Detectives trace suspicious call to MP's bodyguard belonging to deceased woman
Amina Wako  |  May 08, 2025

Detectives are focusing on a mystery caller who reached out to the MP’s bodyguard on April 30 at around 2:40 pm roughly five hours before the MP was f...

Body of Kasipul MP Were arrives in Homa Bay ahead of burial
Bashir Mbuthia  |  May 08, 2025

Were's body was flown from Wilson Airport in Nairobi before landing at Kabunde Airstrip, where it was received by hundreds of mourners.

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