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"I only lent it": Top officer dismisses links to Ong'ondo Were's murder

A white Toyota Mark II owned by Assistant Commissioner of Police Juma Ali Haikal is at the centre of the investigations in the murder of Kasipul MP Charles Ong’ondo Were on April 30, 2025. [CCTV]

A car at the centre of investigations into the murder of Kasipul MP Charles Ong’ondo Were, allegedly used by suspects who trailed the legislator shortly before he was shot dead in Nairobi, belonged to a senior policeman.

The officer has since testified in court as a State witness in the ongoing murder trial.

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