A team of detectives that visited the scene where an advocate of the High Court was killed in Lukenya area said the deceased was most likely tortured and dragged from his bedroom before he was killed in cold blood.
Police said they recovered seven spent cartridges of an AK47 rifle at the scene of murder.
Chesang is said to have been alone in the house during the time of the incident.It is rare to find thugs with rifles and especially AK47. This seems to be classic elimination using serious people probably state operatives,” added another official.
Robert Chesang, 45, was killed in his house at Moke Gardens on Sunday afternoon.
However according to a witness, the guard on duty at the estate told police the two assailants arrived at about 12.30pm and demanded that he lead them to Mr Chesang’s house.
They knocked on the door and the lawyer peeped through the curtains.
When the gunmen spotted him, one of them opened fire, killing him on the spot.
The attackers then ran away without stealing anything.
But before they left, they tied up the sentry and left him in a corner in the compound.
Police said were informed about the shooting by Chesang’s neighbours.
They officers found the main gate and the door to Chesang’s house locked. They jumped into the compound and when they peeped into the house they saw the lawyer’s body lying in a pool of blood in the living room. The guard was still tied.
The gunman shot him three times in the chest, a preliminary examination of the body showed.
“He seemed to have been living in fear. Instead of opening the door, he first peeped through the window, where he was shot,” said a police officer.
The body was taken to Shalom Mortuary in Athi River. Chesang practised in various law courts, including Milimani Law Court.
Eastern region police boss Eunice Kihiko said the motive of the killing was not known.
Chesang’s wife is a magistrate of the High Court.
She was not in the house at the time of the attack.“We condemn this atrocious act in the strongest terms possible. This incident reminds us of colleagues who have lost their lives at the hands of unknown assailants and are yet to get justice,” said LSK President Allen Gichuhi in a statement.