Investigators now believe that murder of Kasipul Member of Parliament Chares Ong’ondo Were was well planned.
Since Were’s brutal murder in Nairobi, 10 people have since arrested for investigations.
Among them is businessman cum politician Phillip Nahashon Aroko, a person of interest in the murder who presented himself at Gigiri police on Wednesday night.
On Friday, detectives presented Aroko before the JKIA courts Principal Magistrate Irene Gichobi for a miscellaneous application where he opted to represent himself.
The detectives were seeking to hold him in custody for 30 days citing that he will interfere with the probe and that the MP’s murder was of public interest among other prayers.
In a sworn affidavit, Directorate of Criminal Investigations told the court that Aroko had been adversely mentioned to have been behind planning of the MP.
The investigators stated that Aroko is believed to be the organiser and the financier of the deceased murder noting that there is need to have officials from the financial intelligence bureau to guide in pursuing financial angle to the commission of the offence.
“It has been established that the respondent has shown interest in Kasipul Constituency parliamentary seat where the deceased was the Mp before he was murdered and had threatened the deceased before the fatal incident,” they stated.
The court was told the threats were under active investigations, where the deceased had named the respondent as a suspect before the unfortunate event.
At the same time, the investigators told the court that some of the suspects who are in custody in relation to the case have given detailed accounts of events that transpired before and after the deceased murder.
“The analysis of the call data records of the respondent and some of the suspects in the lawfully custody have shown the links of well-coordinated plot of planning and elimination of the deceased person who was his bitter competitor in the Kasipul parliamentary seat,” the affidavit reads
Adding that, “Considering how this crime was planned and executed it is explicit that it was a well-orchestrated crime and due to the seriousness of the offence and complexity of these investigations, we require more time to unravel this crime.”
The officers stated that Aroko was in constant communication before and after the commission of the crime with some of the suspects already in custody citing that he was actively and directly involved.
In response Aroko told the court that his act of presenting himself to police was a sign that he was willing to cooperate to help in investigations adding that he was not a flight risk.
Among the suspects who have been arrested are Ong’ondos bodyguard Allan Ogola Omondi and driver Walter Owino Awino, Dennis Sewe Manyasi, Ebel Ochieng and Edwin Oduor Odhiabo requested Honourable Gichobi
