Kasipul MP Charles Were died from excessive bleeding, autopsy reveals

Slain Kasipul MP Charles Ong'ondo Were. [File, Standard]

Kasipul MP Charles Ong'ondo Were, 51, died from excessive bleeding after being shot five times by unknown gunmen on Wednesday, April 30.

Government Pathologist Johansen Oduor on Monday, May 5, confirmed that bullets tore through Were's vital organs, including the heart, lungs, liver and aorta.

Oduor noted that the five gunshot wounds included two entry wounds on the left forearm, two on the left side of the chest and one that lodged in the spine.

Were was attacked on Ngong Road in Nairobi shortly after 6 p.m. by two men on a motorbike.

They shot him at close range after shattering the car's driver's side window. Despite being rushed to Nairobi Hospital, he was pronounced dead on arrival.

On Sunday, President William Ruto vowed to bring those responsible for the assassination to justice.

"We will get them, they will not succeed, they will have nowhere to hide," Ruto said, condemning the act as an attack on the nation's stability.

Four suspects were arrested in connection with the killing, with Juma Ali Haikal, Douglas Muchiri Wambugu, David Mihigo Kagame and William Moli Shighali appearing before the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) Law Courts.

The court granted a 30-day detention order for further investigations, with each suspect held at a separate police station in Nairobi.