A local Member Of County Assembly has been confirmed dead after he was shot dead along the highway in Samburu.
According to Samburu County police boss Thomas Ototo the politician was shot dead by bandits while heading home along Morijo-Baragoi Road in Samburu and died on the spot.
Police say that his vehicle was returning home from Maralal Town on Sunday Morning when he was ambushed and his car sprayed with bullets along the highway.
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MCA Leshimpriro was in the car with his driver when the shooting occurred at Soit Pus. The driver, fortunately, escaped unhurt from the unfortunate incident.
The incident comes barely two weeks after bandits staged a shootout against police reservists in Samburu killing one.
On January 30, the bandits reportedly stormed the burial ceremony of a National Police Reservist who had been killed at a previous shooting.
The suspected bandits accessed the funeral venue of the officer while opening fire, causing fear and confusion among the mourners.
One person lost their life after an exchange of fire ensued between the bandits and the police reservists forcing the event to be suspended.
Speaking following the attack, former Agriculture Principal Secretary Richard Lesiyampe urged the government to insure the lives of the National Police Reservists.
“From today I am starting a movement. For all who have lost their lives and the government has failed to save them, I will look for lawyers and take their cases to court,” he stated
The government had been spearheading the war against bandits in the Rift Valley counties of Elegeyo Marakwet, Samburu, Turkana, and Baringo among others.
More to follow on the same.