County Speaker's Bodyguard Gunned Down

A bodyguard attached to the Meru County speaker Joseph Kaberia has been shot dead in Nairobi.

Constable Samuel Munga was shot in the chest and later pronounced dead at the Ruaraka Neema Hospital in Kasarani area.

KTN senior news anchor Ali Manzu reported that the incident happened at Kamiti corner.

Following the incident, the speaker’s official driver was arrested after preliminary findings showed he could be behind the shooting.

The Standard reported that the driver identified as Andrew Nabea had a gunshot wound in the left leg.

A witness, Sarah Karambu who is a sister to Nabea, told police she received a call from the driver at about 3 am who informed her he wanted to spend the night there.

As she was opening the gate, she heard gunshots from outside and dashed back to the house for her safety.

Police who received a call from the neighbours arrived at the scene minutes later and found Munga writhing in pain with gunshot wounds in the chest.

The driver was lying next to Munga with a wound in the leg.

Nairobi Police boss Philip Ndolo, confirmed that after assessing the scene they realised Munga’s pistol had 15 bullets indicating he did not fire or use the weapon.

Nabea’s gun had three bullets which meant he had fired 20 bullets from his pistol whose spent cartridges were recovered.

“It seems he fired either out of rage or to defend himself,” stated a police officer who visited the scene.

The Standard reported that police intend to interrogate the Speaker as part of the probe.

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