Nearly a year after the murder of former Kasipul Member of Parliament Charles Ong’ondo Were, the investigation continues.
Ong’ondo was killed on the night of April 30, 2025, just minutes after leaving the parliament buildings.
Newly emerged CCTV footage tracking his car’s movements throughout the day has intensified scrutiny of potential suspects.
Investigation by KTN News has acquired footage from multiple institutions and routes connected to the National Assembly, showing how the suspected killers trailed the ex-MP’s car to the scene of his murder.
Ong’ondo arrived at the parliament building at 6.39am on the fateful day, dressed casually and in a vehicle with registration number KDD 244V. According to the investigation, Ong’ondo was heading to the gym.
After about 10 minutes, his driver, Walter Owino, returned the vehicle to his Karen home and, as instructed by the former MP, picked up the ex-legislator’s son’s Toyota Crown, KDM 783A. Ong’ondo allegedly switched the cars out of fear for his life. Owino returned to the parliament at 8.37am and parked at the Ukulima Grounds. Minutes past noon, the car pulled out of the parking lot.
Who was trailing Ong’ondo Were?
According to the footage, at 1518 hours, a man identified as Isaac Kuria, believed to have pulled the trigger on the ex-MP, alighted from the co-driver’s seat carrying a sling bag and walked along the Parliament Road towards Family Bank.
Minutes later, a vehicle with registration number KAZ 645Z, reportedly sold to an assistant commissioner of police for KSh 300,000, was seen being driven towards Family Bank, followed by a motorcycle rider in a blue reflective jacket, to where Ong’ondo’s son’s vehicle was parked.
Another suspect, William Imoli Shigali, reportedly borrowed the commissioner’s car to facilitate the killing.
According to investigators, the vehicle was transporting the suspected killers while others followed behind on a motorbike. At 1551 hours, the vehicle parked near the ex-MP’s car for approximately eight minutes before leaving the parking at Harambee Avenue.
Shortly, a man whose identity remains unknown and was never interrogated in connection with the murder met with the suspected killer.
A few minutes to 1600 hours, the suspected assassin’s vehicle was driven out and parked facing the ex-MP’s car for approximately five minutes. The vehicle was then driven out and parked near the protection house for three minutes.
Between 1617 hours and 1622hours, a man in a checked shirt, blue trousers, and brown boots carrying a sling bag alighted from the suspect’s vehicle and crossed Parliament Road towards where Ong’ondo’s car was parked.
He spent about two minutes before returning to the vehicle. Investigators believe Ong’ondo’s bodyguard, Allan Omondi Ogolla, met the suspected killers at the scene.
At 18.35pm, CCTV captured a woman in a white dress and a grey sweater carrying a black bag walking towards the parking where Ong’ondo’s aides were waiting.
After a brief exchange with police officers at the security gate, she entered and walked to the ex-MP’s car. A man in a black suit holding a black envelope, joined her. Another man exited Ong’ondo’s car and joined them.
Following a brief conversation, the woman and the latter man returned to the MP’s car, where they remained for several minutes.
Between 1903 hours and 1907 hours, CCTV captured Ogolla, in a black suit, walking from the Cooperative Bank and crossing towards County Hall.
At 1908 hours, the driver of the alleged assassin’s car met with Ogolla under a tree, where they spoke for minutes before the latter left towards the Ukulima House.
At 7.22pm, Ogolla met Ong’ondo at the parking lot, where the late ex-legislator handed over his phone and some documents to the bodyguard.
They both entered the car with Ong’ondo in the co-driver’s seat and the bodyguard in the rear left. The motorcycle rider and the suspect’s car immediately followed the late MP’s car as it left the parliament building.
At 1919 hours on Wabera Street, the man in a long-sleeved checked shirt, blue trousers, brown boots, a maroon marvin, and a black sling bag got off a motorcycle and walked past an M-Pesa shop.
Minutes later, while Ong’ondo’s car was parked on the street, Ogolla briefly entered the shop. The man returned to the motorcycle, which then followed the ex-MP’s car.
At 1931 hours, Ong’ondo’s vehicle was on Valley Road, followed by the suspected assassins on a motorcycle. The former MP was shot at the traffic lights near the City Morgue along Ngong Road, where his car was stopped. All CCTV cameras at the scene were non-functional. Immediately after the incident, the suspect’s car drove into a petrol station, where the driver made calls before leaving on a motorcycle. He returned in another white vehicle and re-entered his car, only to leave the station minutes past 9pm. The family eagerly awaits the court’s decision in the murder case, where Imoli, Ogolla, Kuria, Edwin Odhiambo Oduor, and Abel Ochieng have been charged with murder.
