Mt.Elgon MP denies links to murder of businessman Nathan Wasama

Wasama, 61, was eyeing the Mount Elgon parliamentary seat and was shot by unknown assailants aboard two motorcycles at his shop in Tuikut Trading Centre, Sasur Location.

Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has alleged that MP Kapondi was involved in his death.

In his rebuttal, however, Kapondi maintains that Gachagua is misleading the public by linking him to the killing and has never harboured ill-motive with the slain Wasama.

"He should check on his words because it is proof that whatever he has been saying in the national scene is a figment of his own imagination. My conscience is clear. I have never been in the business of killing political opponents. It has never happened in my entire political career, and the late Wasama was never an opponent," noted Kapondi.

The legislator also denied claims that 18 guns were found at his home following a search, as alleged by Gachagua, saying that he never threatened Wasama and has not been summoned over the killing.

"If I had threatened him, he would have filed a report with the police. He never did that, and if there was a threat to his life, then I would have been summoned to write a statement. There is nothing like that," he said.

Meanwhile, five suspects linked to the murder have been apprehended and are in police custody as they aid in investigations.