Five suspects have been freshly charged with the murder of Kasipul Member of Parliament Charles Ongond’o Were.
The charges came after the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) ‘s move to consolidate two separate murder cases previously filed at the Kibera and Milimani Law Courts.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, July 29, Lady Justice Diana Kavedza approved the consolidation of the cases, paving the way for the joint prosecution of all five accused.
New twist as 5 suspects are charged with murder of MP Were. Photo:Courtesy.
The suspects, William Imoli Shigali alias Imo, Edwin Odour Odhiambo alias Machuani, Ebel Ochieng alias Dave Calo, Isaac Kuria Chege alias Kush, and Allan Omondi Ogola, are alleged to have carried out the fatal shooting of the MP on the evening of April 30, 2025, near the City Mortuary Roundabout along Ngong Road in Kilimani, Nairobi County.
Previously, Shigali, Odour and Ochieng had denied the murder charges at the Kibera High Court, while Kuria and Omondi had entered similar pleas at Milimani.
Justice Kavedza scheduled a bond ruling for the first three suspects on August 14 and the remaining two on September 22, 2025.
The ODM legislator was gunned down in what police described as a targeted assassination.
According to investigators, Were was being trailed by assailants on a motorcycle before one of them dismounted and shot him multiple times at close range.
