Mt Elgon Member of Parliament Fred Kapondi was Friday robbed of an unknown amount of money moments after he had left a bank in Bungoma Town.
The MP’s car was broken into and money he had left there stolen, police and witnesses said.
No one was injured in the drama.
Police suspect the thieves had monitored him from the bank and to a supermarket where he went shopping.
This gave the thieves a chance to break into his car and grab the money that was in an envelope.
Bungoma County police boss Francis Kooli said they had not found any evidence of a shooting in the case.
This is after the MP claimed there was a shooting in the same.
Police said preliminary findings had shown a gang that had been trailing Kapondi broke into his car and stole an unknown amount of money before escaping.
Kooli said before they could go further, a crowd noticed their activities and raised an alarm prompting them to escape the scene.
He said Kapondi had arrived in the town and went to a bank and withdrew an unknown amount of money.
He then drove outside Khetia Supermarket for shopping.
“He parked on the roadside where another salon car that had been trailing him probably from the bank parked behind his.
He then left for the supermarket giving the suspects a chance to break the door.”
The gang drove and blocked his car’s door when one of them broke the lock and accessed the driver’s seat.
They escaped as a crowd surged to where they were, said Kooli. Kapondi rushed to the car and saw the car leave.
The same car had apparently been seen near the bank where Kapondi was minutes earlier.
Kooli said a team of detectives is pursuing the gang behind the incident.
He said no injuries were reported and they are yet to establish claims of shooting.
“The MP was not at the scene and the target was the money he had withdrawn if any,” said Kooli.
Police are looking for the thieves. Such incidents where customers are attacked and robbed of money after leaving banks have been on the rise in the area.
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