Ex-Siaya clerk shot dead during police burglary response
Nyanza
By
David Njaaga
| Aug 18, 2025
Former Siaya County Assembly clerk Felix Olwero was on Monday night shot dead by police while responding to a reported burglary at Whitehouse Resort in Seme, Kisumu, around midnight.
According to the police report, officers from Kombewa station cordoned off the resort after receiving a report from manager Sandra Okech.
It was the fifth attempted break-in at the premises.
Six people armed with pangas and machetes emerged from a thicket as officers secured the area.
Police said one suspect charged at the officers, prompting one to fire and shoot Olwero dead.
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The body was moved to Kombewa Subcounty Referral Hospital morgue pending post-mortem.