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Suspected getaway rider in MP Were's murder to be held for 20 days

Police officers led by Homicide team investigates the killing of Kasipul MP Ong'ondo Were along Valley road-Ngong road-Mbagathi road roundabout. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

A man suspected to be the rider of the motorcycle carrying the assassin who shot dead Kasipul MP Charles Were on 30 April will be detained for 20 days.

Amos Barasa was arraigned on Thursday at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Magistrates' Court, where police sought to detain him for 30 working days.

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