Kapondi denies Gachagua’s 18-gun claim over Wasama killing
Key points
- Mt Elgon MP Fred Kapondi denied Gachagua’s claim of 18 firearms and 3,000+ bullets at his home after the Wasama killing.
- Nathan Masai Wasama, 61, was shot by riders on two motorcycles at his Tuikut shop, Sasur, on the night of 6 August 2026.
- Kapondi said he has not been summoned, Wasama never filed a threat report, and he had no feud with a man eyeing the same 2027 seat.
- Five suspects are in custody. Gachagua, in Kajiado, alleged Murkomen and DCI boss Mohamed Amin first tried to shield the killer.
“My conscience is clear. I have never been in the business of killing political opponents.” Mt Elgon MP Fred Kapondi said that on Thursday as he knocked down former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua’s story of 18 guns and more than 3,000 rounds at his house, Eastleigh Voice reported.
Nathan Masai Wasama, 61, a former Chesikaki councillor and 2027 Mt Elgon hopeful, was shot at his shop in Tuikut Trading Centre, Sasur, on the night of 6 August 2026 by unknown riders on two motorcycles. Gachagua, speaking in Kajiado on Wednesday, asked why “government-owned guns and bullets” would sit with an MP and said Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen and DCI boss Mohamed Amin first tried to shield the alleged killer. Kapondi called that a “figment” of Gachagua’s imagination, said Wasama was not his opponent, and noted there is no OB of a threat and no police summons: “If I had threatened him, he would have filed a report.” Five people linked to the murder are in custody. A denial and a body count are not the same file — DCI still has to say what, if anything, was found in any search.
A presser is not an inventory
Eighteen rifles is a specific claim. Either DCI publishes a search inventory or Gachagua withdraws the number. Five suspects in the cells do not settle who paid for the motorcycles.
Crime desk: Crime. Verified 6 August shooting, age, Tuikut, 18/3,000 claim and five arrests from Eastleigh Voice.
DCI should confirm or deny a search at the MP’s home. IPOA should watch how the five are processed.
Mt Elgon residents should treat both the MP’s denial and Gachagua’s tally as untested until a charge sheet names a gun.
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Based on Eastleigh Voice reporting of Kapondi’s Thursday briefing and Gachagua’s Kajiado remarks. No conviction has been entered.
