Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has issued an update on the fatal shooting of Kasipul MP Charles Ong’ondo Were.

Murkomen, in a statement issued via his official social media accounts on Thursday, May 1, 2025, said that he had spoken to the Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja, who has assured him that investigations have advanced.

Kanja on Wednesday evening visited Nairobi Hospital in the company of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Director Mohamed Amin, where Ong’ondo Were’s body was lying.

The body has since been moved to Lee Funeral Home.

In his latest update, Murkomen has urged the investigative agencies to move with speed and thoroughness and bring to book those involved in the fatal shooting of Ong’ondo Were.

“Following the shooting to death of Kasipul MP Charles Ong’ondo Were last evening, the Inspector General of Police has assured me that investigations have advanced. I urge the investigative agencies to move with speed and thoroughness and bring those involved to book. I once again send my heartfelt condolences to the family of Hon Were, the people of Kasipul and the nation at large for this tragic loss,” Murkomen said.

Ong’ondo Were met his death on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, when he was ambushed by two assailants on a motorcycle, who shot at him six times at around 7:30 pm, along Ngong Road near the City Mortuary.

His driver and bodyguard were not hurt during the incident. They rushed the lawmaker to the nearby Nairobi Hospital, but he was pronounced dead on arrival.

Preliminary investigations reveal that the shooting was executed by a highly trained assailant who might be having intelligence or millitary background.

According to the police, the assailant only aimed at the MP, leaving other car occupants and unharmed, with documents in the car remaining untampered with.

Videos have now emerged online showing that Ong’ondo Were feared for his life, as he had earlier exposed a plot to assasinate him.