In the shadow of an approaching election season, a Kenyan businessman and parliamentary aspirant named Nathan Masai Wasama was shot and killed at his shop in Bungoma County on August 8, 2026 — the second attempt on his life in two years. He was sixty-one, a former councillor who had only recently declared his intention to contest the Mt Elgon parliamentary seat. Three suspects have since been arrested and an arsenal of weapons recovered, yet the motive remains unspoken, leaving a community to weigh the weight of coincidence against the pattern of political violence.
Three arrested in killing of Mt Elgon businessman and parliamentary aspirant Wasama
Businessman Nathan Masai Wasama, 61, was killed; a woman was shot and injured during the same incident.