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.
Speaking before his surrender, Aroko maintained his innocence, stating he had nothing to hide. “My phone has been on, I’m ready for anything. I don’t fear being summoned by the DCI, it’s normal,” he said, accompanied by his lawyer Danstan Omari.
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.