Charles NGO’ONDO was, an opposition legislator in Kenya, predicted his own death. Were killed in the capital, Nairobi on Wednesday evening in what the police say it seems to have been a “targeted and predetermined” murder. Earlier this year, he warned that “hired darling” plotted to murder it, reports the BBC. He also expressed his concerns about the rise in violence in Kasipul, the constituency in western Kenya which he represented. “When you hear that I was killed, Kasipul will no longer be the same,” he said. “But I know they won’t kill me because I have the Bible on my phone and another under my pillow.”
According to the police, was shot down by a passenger on a motorcycle after his car stopped at a roundabout loaded on a large road, reports the AP. He was declared dead on his arrival after his driver and bodyguard precipitated him at Nairobi hospital. Was a member of the Orange democratic movement. “We lost a gallant son of the ground,” said party leader Rila Odonga. He said it was “merciless and in the cold, shot down by an assassin”. President William Ruto, who defeated Oonga in the elections contested in 2022, ordered an investigation, saying: “Officials must be taken into account”. (More stories from Kenya.)
