October 29, 2003
Posted to the web October 29, 2003
Standard Correspondent
Nairobi
Former Wajir West MP Adan Keynan is among four people arrested yesterday by police in connection with the murder of a Somali legislator.
Keynan, an Eastleigh businessman and two others, were arrested in the city centre by police investigating the murder of Somali legislator Ibrahim Ali Abdulle.
Abdulle was executed by what police described as a marksman and his body dumped in Ngong's Ololua Forest on Saturday, October 18.
Keynan was briefly held at the Central Police Station before being transferred to Kilimani Police Station and later to an unknown station.
The Rift Valley Provincial Police Officer, Mr Joseph Kitonyi, confirmed the arrests and said investigations were going on.
"The two people arrested are the prime suspects in the murder and we believe that we have made a major breakthrough in the case," said Kitonyi.
Police said the victims seemed to have been shot at point blank range as they knelt, possibly begging the executioner to spare their lives.
The trio, detectives believe, were shot somewhere else and their bodies dumped by the roadside near the Institute of Primate Research.
Their bodies were later discovered in Ngong's Ololua forest by villagers going to church.
Abdulle was also a delegate at the Somali Peace talks being held at Kenya College of Communications Technology, Mbagathi.
Detectives from Rift Valley led by the Provincial Criminal Investigations Officer immediately took over the case and initiated investigations.