Thursday, January 31, 2008

AINAMOI MP DEAD

Ainamoi MP shot dead
By Makokha Wanjala M
Last updated: 1 minute ago
Ainamoi Member of Parliament David Kimutai Too has been shot dead.
The Orange Democratic Movement MP was shot dead in Eldoret earlier today, in what local security officials said was a love triangle.
A policeman, suspected of the murder has been arrested. The policeman is alleged to have also shot a woman who was rushed to hospital.
The incident took place shortly after 10am in the outskirts of Eldoret town.
Mr Too is the second ODM MP to be shot dead in as many days following the murder of the Embakasi MP Mugabe Were on Wednesday morning.
ODM leaders addressed a news conference in Nairobi where they condemned the killing of the MP.
Meanwhile, police say the killing of Ainamoi MP David Kimutai Too bordered in a love triangle.
Police Commissioner Major General Hussein Ali said the suspect would be charged in court tomorrow with murder.
The suspect has been arrested and is being held in Nakuru, Maj Ali said.
“The constable will stand charges of murder tomorrow,” Maj Ali told a news conference at his Vigilance House office in Nairobi.
The MP, he said, picked a woman constable from Eldoret police station at 9.30 am and drove in a Toyota Carina to West Indies residential estate.
The suspected is also a constable, who graduated from the police training college at the same time with the woman.
Police said both constables had been living together as husband and wife.
Mr Ali described the relationship between the two constables as intimate and that the woman was in critical condition following the brutal attack.
There was intimate relationship between the two constables,” Mr Ali said. He explained: “It is unfortunate that the man died; the woman is in critical condition. The officer was arrested at Turbo as he tried to escape and taken to Nakuru”.
The police commissioner warned the public against using the incident to incite others .
The warning came following the fluid political situation in the country. “It will be wrong for people, including politicians to use the incident to incite the public,” Mr Ali said. Initial reports had indicated that a police officer had shot at his two colleagues, killing them

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