Gatundu South Member of Parliament (MP) Gabriel Kagombe has been arrested by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detectives in connection to the murder of a boda boda rider in Thika 11 days ago.
Kagombe was arrested in Kileleshwa area three days after police launched a manhunt for him and will spend the weekend in police custody.
Former President Uhuru Kenyatta is the Gatundu South MP and a voter in the constituency where usually casts his vote during general elections.
The MP’s arrest came after detectives conducted ballistics on all firearms that were at the scene on the fateful day and preliminary investigations confirmed that he owned the weapon that discharged the bullet.
Detectives say Kagombe is likely to face murder charges on Monday at the Kiambu Law Courts.
The lawmaker had attended a ceremony to launch the construction of a market in Thika when chaos erupted between supporters of Thika MP Alice Wahome and Kamenu MCA Peter Mburu.
The skirmishes left one person dead and several others with multiple injuries. David Nudati, a 26-year-old man was fatally shot.
DCI officers later ordered all firearm holders who were present during the melee to surrender their guns to their Kiambu Road headquarters.
The other MPs present during the fracas were Majority Leader in the National Assembly Kimani Ichung’wah and Gatundu North MP Elijah Njoroge Kururia.
