Businessman Philip Aroko Rearrested in MP Were Murder Case After Court Cancels Bail
The court ordered him detained at Kileleshwa Police Station for seven days pending completion of investigations.
The court ordered him detained at Kileleshwa Police Station for seven days pending completion of investigations.
Aroko, a controversial businessman in gold trade and a budding politician, is accused of involvement in the murder of the Kasipul MP, a case that has heightened tensions in Homa Bay County.
Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested Ebel Ochieng Kalo, a board member of the Lake Basin Development Authority (LBDA), as investigations into the assassination of Kasipul MP Charles Ong’ondo Were intensify. Kalo, who was actively involved in United Democratic Alliance (UDA) campaigns during the last election in Homa Bay, was transported […]
The number was apparently created for the sole purpose of communicating with Were’s bodyguard, as no other calls were made from it.
Controversial businessman Philip Aroko has accused Homa Bay Governor Gladys Wanga of orchestrating his summoning by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) over the murder of Kasipul MP Charles Ong’ondo Were. Speaking shortly after presenting himself to DCI officers in Nairobi on Wednesday night, Aroko denied any involvement in the assassination and maintained his innocence, […]
“He is a person of interest in the ongoing investigation into the brutal murder of Hon. Charles Ong’ondo Were,” police said.
Detectives also recovered a bag and shoes worn by a prime suspect on the day of the murder.