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Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>A Kenyan opposition legislator was shot dead in the capital Nairobi in what police have described as a \u201ctargeted and premeditated\u201d crime.<\/p>\n

MP Charles Were was shot on Wednesday night after his car stopped at a roundabout on a busy major road.<\/p>\n

President William Ruto urged police to conduct a \u201cthorough investigation\u201d and said Thursday that those responsible \u201cmust be held to account.\u201d<\/p>\n

He was in the company of his driver and bodyguard when a motorcycle taxi approached their car, and a passenger disembarked and approached their car before firing at the MP, police said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The legislator was reelected in 2022 to represent Kasipul constituency in western Kenya for the Orange Democratic Movement party.<\/p>\n

Opposition leader Raila Odinga described Were as a \u201cgallant son of the soil.\u201d<\/p>\n

Odinga was President Ruto\u2019s main challenger in the 2022 general election.<\/p>\n

Political tensions in Kenya have simmed down since last year, when the country saw a series of opposition-backed anti-government protests during which dozens of people died. Ruto later appointed members of Odinga\u2019s party to the cabinet, and the two leaders signed a political pact in March this year.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Kenya<\/span> Follow Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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