[VIDEO]: Explosive Claims – Former LBDA Chair Alleges Late MP Were Involved in Past Murder

Odoyo Owidi, former Chairperson of the Lake Basin Development Authority, has made explosive allegations against the late MP Charles Ong’ondo Were, claiming to possess video evidence of the politician committing murder.

During a recent interview with a local podcast, Owidi alleged he has footage showing the late Kasipul Constituency MP stabbing and disemboweling a man before walking away from the scene.

“Niko na video ya the late Ongondo Were akitoa mtu intestines na kisu na akaenda ni kama hajafanya kitu (I have a video of Ong’ondo Were removing someone’s intestines with a knife and walking away as if nothing happened),” Owidi claimed in the interview, adding that Were “used to walk with 9 assassins” and concluding with the stark statement, “may he rot in hell.”

According to Owidi’s account, police sought Were following the alleged incident, forcing the MP to go into hiding.

When authorities publicly announced they were searching for him, Were reportedly reappeared and provided a statement.

However, in what Owidi describes as a miscarriage of justice, Were was never charged.

Instead, Owidi claims Were’s driver was arrested and charged with the murder.

These allegations come less than two weeks after Charles Ong’ondo Were was shot and killed on April 30, 2025, near the City Mortuary roundabout in Nairobi.

Were was serving his second term as Kasipul Constituency MP in Homa Bay County at the time of his death, having first been elected to Parliament on an ODM ticket in 2017 and securing re-election in 2022.

Were, who hailed from the Kanabok area, was a graduate of Mt. Kenya University with a Bachelor’s Degree and a Diploma in Business Management.

Police have so far arrested 11 suspects in connection with Were’s murder as investigations continue. The National Police Service has not yet responded to Owidi’s allegations.

The timing and nature of these allegations have raised questions about potential motives behind both the claims and the MP’s recent killing.