The streets of Kasipul were silent. Not out of mourning, but out of something more complex—relief, fear, and a cautious curiosity. When news broke that the area Member of Parliament Charles Ong’ondo Were had been assassinated just outside the National Assembly gates, emotions erupted not with uniform grief, but with jarring contrast.

In many places across the country, the sudden death of a leader, especially one perceived as healthy, sparks outrage, and in cases of cold-blooded murder, public outcry for justice. But in Kasipul, the reaction was... different.