Police were Sunday looking for a Homa Bay Member of County Assembly (MCA) after he claimed he had been shot and injured while in Nairobi.
The MCA identified as Vickins Bondo was in Nairobi for unknown mission when the incident happened Saturday April 26 night.
It is not clear where if any, the shooting happened, police said.
He went to Coptic Hospital on Ngong Road in the city with an injury in the head saying he had been shot.
Doctors who attended to him said the injury was not severe and that he was discharged after being attended to.
They advised him to make a report to the police.
The MCA however had not reported the matter by Sunday morning as news of the same spread out through his friends.
A team of detectives visited the hospital to get more information on the victim and nature of the injury.
Police authorities said they had not received more and concrete information on the said shooting incident.
“We do not know if it was a shooting incident and where it happened. There is a team on the ground pursuing the matter for more information,” said a police officer aware of the issue.
His mobile phone was switched off.
The team wanted to confirm the claims and trace the scene of the said shooting.
They also wanted to take the weapon used in the shooting for ballistic tests.
Meanwhile, suspected thugs wearing jungle uniforms and armed with rifles broke into a scrap metal workshop and stole Sh30,000 and other assorted items in Athi River, Machakos County.
Police who visited the scene established that the robbers gained entry by breaking the two padlocks of the main door.
They managed to steal therein the cash and assorted items of unknown value.
It was further established that two of the robbers were in police jungle uniforms and armed with firearms.
They also injured four workers who were on duty.
The injured victims were rushed to Shalom Community Hospital for medical treatment.
Police are investigating the incident.
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