NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 27 – Residents of Mukurwe-ini Constituency were welcomed to a sad Sunday afternoon after area MP Kabando wa Kabando’s mother was hacked to death at her home in Ngamwa village.
Nyeri County Police Commander Larry Kieng told Capital FM News that the MP’s brother was arrested as a suspect in the gruesome murder.
“It is indeed very sad,” he spoke of the mood in the village.
According to Kieng, after the killing, police were alerted and managed to arrest the brother who was still at home after the brutal act.
“We arrested him, he was at home when police arrived there. For now we don’t have more details, we can only confirm this sad act,” he said explaining that the suspect was being held at Mukurwe-ini police station and that investigations had been launched to establish the motive behind the brutal killing that has left people of Mukurueni in deep shock.