# Kenya’s police say the fatal shooting of a lawmaker by a gunman aboard a motorcycle in the capital Nairobi on Wednesday evening appeared to be targeted and premeditated. Parliamentarian Charles Were was shot dead when his vehicle was stopped at a traffic light. The shooter was riding as a passenger on a motorcycle. He approached the vehicle and fired shots before jumping back onto the motorcycle and speeding away. Were was a member of the opposition ODM party led by Raila Odinga, who lost to William Ruto in the 2022 election.
Kenya police say lawmaker’s killing was targeted and premeditated