I am ready to record a statement with the Police,Kasipul MP says.

 Kasipul MP Ong'ondo Were addressing the press in Kisumu today where he has said he is ready to record statement with the police following the death of an ODM Party official within his constituency-Photo By Dickson Odhiambo.

 By Dickson Odhiambo.

June 3, 2019.

I am ready to record a statement with the Police,Kasipul MP says.

KASIPUL Member of Parliament Charles Ong’ondo Were has said he is very much available and ready to record statement with the police over the death of Orange Democratic Movement{ODM} Party official in the constituency during the Weekend following a fracas in a hotel.

The legislator says he has not gone into hiding as being speculated by a section of his opponents following the death of the ODM Party official known as Gerry Ouma Okiso in his constituency after a fracas occurred in a hotel within Oyugis Town owned by a senior police officer. Okiso is the ODM Kasipul constituency Deputy Organizing Secretary.

Addressing the press at Kisumu International Airport on his way to Nairobi today, the Kasipul Member of Parliament has exonerated himself against the unfortunate incident that led to the death of the ODM Party official within his constituency.

He says he went to have an evening tea at the hotel after being within the constituency during the weekend.

He adds that he was accompanied by some of his aides, adding that the manager of the hotel is the one who informed him about the incident at the hotel in which a person was stabbed.

“I was accompanied by some of my aides and later I was joined by some youth who were downstairs at the back as I was sitting upstairs,” he says.

He says after the commotion, he was whisked away by his security details who ensured his safety by evacuating him from the hotel as quick as possible.

He has asked the police to carry out thorough investigations into the matter, adding that he too is ready to record his statement with the police in regard to the incident.

“After I was whisked away from the hotel, I was informed that the person that was stabbed was taken Kisii Hospital and I was later informed two of my aides were hospitalized and they were in a coma,” he adds.

He says he visited the hospital where two of his aides were hospitalized but did not get them at the facility, adding that after one hour he received a call that the police had brought a dead body and took the two aides of him who were hospitalized and booked them at a police station as suspects.

He has urged the owner of the Hotel who is said to be a senior police officer at the regional level not to influence the investigation into the matter.

“Let the police do their work without interference and even extend investigations further,” Were adds.

A fracas is said to have ensured at a hotel where Kasipul Member of Parliament Ong’ondo Were was in within in Oyugis town on Sunday evening where a man was stabbed as scores were injured during the melee.

In the process, an ODM Party official at the constituency who was also caught up in the fracas sustained serious injuries and later died at a health facility. Police are investigating the incident.

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