A Jubilee party Member of County Assembly (MCA) aspirant who lost in the party primaries was on Sunday morning shot dead in Limuru town, Kiambu County.
Mr William Mwangi was shot at close range by a police officer after boarding his vehicle.
Witnesses reported that the politician and the police officer had an altercation at a local pub before the police officer took matters into his own hands.
George Karuga, the bar manager, confirmed that the exchange resulted in a fight that left the police officer with an injury on his face.
"The problem started when the gentleman demanded to drink a bottle of beer but we asked him to pay for it. He asked us if we knew who he was and told him Kenya is a free country guarded by law. We didn’t know he was an officer," one of Mr Mwangi's friends told investigators.
[caption caption="Murdered Kiambu politician William Mwangi"]
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The friend, who did not wish to be named, conveyed that he later left the facility warning Mr Mwangi and the others of suspicions that the officer was planning something sinister.
"I drove off but I was called by one of our friends who told me Mwangi has been shot dead. I drove back," the friend told reporters.
The Limuru Criminal Investigations in-charge, Mr Mwenda Itheiba, confirmed that the accused police officer has since been arrested.
"The officer is in custody to help us with investigations," Itheiba confirmed.
[caption caption="Kiambu residents outside pub in Limuru town where Jubilee politician William Mwangi was shot dead"]
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