Bahati MP Kimani Ngunjiri and his Nakuru Town East counterpart David Gikaria have mourned departed Kabete MP George Muchai who was shot dead in Nairobi early Saturday morning.
Speaking at Nakuru town, the two termed Muchai as a close friend and a colleague who was respectful and a keen listener.
Ngunjiri said he received the news about the shooting of Muchai together with his two bodyguards and a driver with extreme shock and called on the government to ensure those behind the killings are brought to book.
“Hon Muchai was a personal friend to me and I used to run to him for advice anytime I found myself on the wrong side of the law," Ngunjiri said.
"He was a calm and composed politician who argued less, but reasoned loudly. The people who killed him and those behind it must be hunted and found from wherever they went to hide.”
He added: “I want to send my personal condolences, my family’s condolences and from the people of Bahati constituency to the Muchai family at this critical moment but we hope the government will not let this death go unexplained like other deaths because it is an assassination and we must know who is behind it.”
On his part, Gikaria said the Jubilee coalition had lost a reliable adviser and a good debater in the national assembly who knew how to do his work.
“The death of Muchai is a big blow not only to the people of Kabete but to the entire Jubilee family and we will surely miss him but the government must tell us who killed Muchai because they are the ones to investigate,” said Gikaria.
Muchai was killed by unknown assailants at around 3am at the Nairobi city centre.
His two bodyguards and a driver also died during the attack at Uhuru highway-Kenyatta avenue roundabout, when they stopped to buy a newspaper, police say.