Detectives have arrested three suspects in connection with the shooting of former Kilifi Deputy Governor Kenneth Makombo Kemto.
Police say a phone stolen from the house maid during the shooting was recovered in course of the arrests by detectives from the DCI Homicide Forensic Unit.
The arrests took place at Kisumu Ndogo Area in Mombasa’s Nyali Estate.The Former Kilifi Deputy Governor was shot dead last month by gunmen at his Nyali residence in Mombasa County.
According Kamto’s wife Fauzia, they were attacked at about 11pm by three armed men.
The househelp alerted her bosses of the intruders and called them downstairs to the living room.The gunmen then forced Kamto to lie down before shooting him before his wife, mother and the househelp.
Fauzia said the thieves stole Sh6,000, her phone and other personal belongings.
“I called the police immediately to take him to the hospital but when they arrived, they said that he was already dead. I don’t know why my husband had to die,” Fauzia said.
Mombasa county commissioner Evans Achoki confirmed the incident saying police would issue a press statement on the matter at a later time.
Human rights group Muhuri said security at the Coast has deteriorated.“We are giving the government seven days to find the killers,” Muhuri response officer Francis Auma said.
Kamto unsuccessfully vied for Kilifi Governor during the last General Election.
He joined politics in 2012 when he was elected as the ODM Kilifi branch chairman in 2012. He was later picked by governor Amason Kingi as his running mate for his 2013 which they won.