'Kenyan lawmaker assassinated in 'targeted' attack'

1 week ago

A Kenyan opposition member of Parliament was shot and killed in the capital, Nairobi, in what police have described as a “targeted and premeditated” assassination. Charles Ong’ondo Were, who represented the Kasipul constituency in western Kenya, was attacked Wednesday evening while inside his vehicle near a busy intersection along Ngong Road in the capital, Nairobi. Speaking Thursday morning, police said early evidence