By DPA
Nairobi : A Kenyan opposition legislator was shot dead outside a hotel in the volatile Rift Valley, the police said Thursday, the second legislator to be shot dead in less than a week in the country’s spiralling post-election violence.
Police spokesman Eric Kiraithe said the man was shot as he was leaving a hotel in the town of Eldoret with a female police constable and was pronounced dead at hospital. The woman was seriously injured.
The opposition Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) confirmed the man was David Too and charged the killing was politically motivated.
“This second execution of an ODM MP within four days is part of the plot to reduce the number of MPs in parliament,” said Raila Odinga leader of ODM, which won 99 out of 210 seats in last month’s parliamentary vote.
Kiraithe said a police officer suspected of shooting the pair was charged with murder and is set to appear in court.
Melitus Mugabe Were, another opposition legislator, was shot dead earlier this week leading to violence by opposition supporters nationwide.