Kabete MP George Muchai was shot dead early Saturday morning at Kenyatta Avenue-Uhuru Highway roundabout in Nairobi.
Two of the MPs bodyguards and a driver also died in the incident, Nairobi Central Police OCPD Paul Wanjama confirmed. The four were driving in a Toyota Fortuner vehicle when a masked gunman shot them at close range at about 2.30am. They all died on their seats save for one bodyguard who seemed to have died as he tried to step out.
He said the incident occurred between 4:30 and 5 in the morning as MP George Muchai stopped to buy a newspaper when unknown assailants intercepted his car and sprayed it with bullets.
St John’s Ambulance, who were among the respondents to arrive at the scene, said in a statement that they found the four people already dead.
Witnesses said they had stopped at the roundabout near Nyayo House to buy the day’s newspapers when a white salon Probox hit the vehicle on the right side and stopped few meters ahead.
It was then that a masked gunman armed with an AK-47 rifle stepped out and first shot the driver then turned to the rest of the victims.
MP George Muchai was a first time MP. He joined Parliament in the March 2013 elections on a TNA ticket. The gunman fired about ten bullets before he went for two pistols that the bodyguards had and a briefcase that was in the car. The gun of MP George Muchai was found on his holster. He was a licensed gun holder.
Nairobi head of CID Nicholas Kamwende who was among the first top cops to arrive at the scene termed the incident as murder.
According to the daughter of MP George Muchai who was at the scene, they had been at Galileo Bar and Restaurant in Westlands for a family meeting and were leaving for their Kamulu home along Kangundo Road when the incident happened. The daughter of MP George Muchai, wife and two relatives were driving in a different saloon car, ahead of the MP’s. She said they planned to buy the newspapers then drop the driver at the nearby Kencom bus stop before heading to Kumulu.
This is so sad. I am surprised that criminals have become so bold as to kill an MP in the middle of town. The government must stop this otherwise they have no business being in power.