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Court frees Kasipul MP murder suspect on Sh300,000 bail

Homa Bay businessman and politician Philip Nahashon Aroko is presented at JKIA courts after being arrested by police over the murder of Kasipul Member of Parliament Charles Ong'ondo Were May 09, 2025. [Stafford Ondego, Standard]

Philip Nahashon Aroko, the prime suspect in the murder of Kasipul MP Charles Were was on Tuesday released on a cash bail of Sh300,000 by the High Court in Kibera.

Justice Diana Kavedza ordered the release of Aroko on bail on Tuesday after it emerged that the state is yet to conclude the ongoing investigations into the murder of the late MP Were.

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