{"id":176,"date":"2026-08-08T04:45:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/?p=176"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:46:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:46:45","slug":"mt-elgon-mp-aspirant-nathan-wasama-shot-dead-at-home-in-bungoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/?p=176","title":{"rendered":"Mt Elgon MP Aspirant Nathan Wasama Shot Dead at Home in Bungoma"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mt Elgon MP aspirant Nathan Wasama has been shot dead by unknown assailants at his home in Tuikut, Cheptais, Bungoma County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wasama was allegedly attacked at his residence on Thursday night, with the circumstances surrounding the killing remaining unclear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police have yet to officially confirm details of the incident or disclose whether any suspects have been arrested in connection with the shooting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The killing has sparked calls for a swift investigation, with Kimilili MP Didmus Barasa urging the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to launch a thorough and impartial probe into the circumstances surrounding Wasama\u2019s death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barasa called on investigators to establish what happened and ensure that those responsible for the killing are brought to justice, as questions continue to emerge over the circumstances that led to the death of the Mt Elgon MP aspirant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1002027029.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1002027029.webp 700w, https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1002027029-300x150.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mt. Elgon MP Aspirant  Nathan Wasama who was shot dead on Thursday night at his home in Teikut, Cheptais Bungoma county.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mt Elgon MP aspirant Nathan Wasama has been shot dead by unknown assailants at his home in Tuikut, Cheptais, Bungoma&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=176"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":180,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176\/revisions\/180"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}