Former Ukunda Ward aspirant in the 2017 General Election, Kombo Kude and his ally Nassib Diti were shot dead on Tuesday in Ukunda town.
Two others were seriously injured during the 8 pm incident which occurred near a video hall in the town.
Msambweni police boss Joseph Chebusit stated that the motive of the shooting is yet to be established but investigations were already underway.
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Recently police warned that there was a rise in killer gangs in Mombasa and asked residents to be vigilant.
In March, Kwale residents raised fears of Mombasa's Wakali Kwanza gang spreading its activities to the county.
This followed attacks in Matuga at Ng'ombeni by the infamous machete and knife-wielding group.
Their activities were widespread in Kisauni before police wiped out most of the members.
Samuel Towet, an assistant county commissioner, said security officers have been directed to deal with the gang.
"An operation has started to weed out the gang. We are urging the community to give any report on insecurity for our intervention," he was quoted last month.
According to reports, the gangs are made up of boys who are drug addicts and have become idle since the end of electioneering period.
Many of the members are school drop out and cant fed themselves well, therefore, they have resorted to attacking, stealing and robbing residents to survive.
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