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Second Kenyan opposition member murdered

Kenyan opposition legislator David Kimutai has been shot dead on Thursday in the Rift Valley town of Eldoret, he is the second member of parliament of the opposition Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party to be murdered this week.

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  • Published: 14:35 January 31, 2008
  • Gulf News

  • More violence is sure to erupt as yet another member of Kenya's opposition party was murdered in the Rift Valley.
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Nairobi: Kenyan opposition legislator David Kimutai has been shot dead on Thursday in the Rift Valley town of Eldoret, he is the second member of parliament of the opposition Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party to be murdered this week, a member of the party said.

An unidentified woman was shot with him.

Earlier this week, another opposition legislator Melitus Were was gunned down outside the gate of his Nairobi home, in a murder that triggered rioting and ethnic killings.

The ODM said Were's killing was a "political assassination", although are treating the case as"murder".

"He has been shot dead, by a traffic policeman in Eldoret, we think. The circumstances are very unclear. This crisis is just getting deeper every day," said ODM spokesman Tony Gachoka.

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