Investigators looking into the murder of Kabete MP George Muchai are trying to make sense of the case after six suspects gave contradicting statements.

A source said the suspects have given three conflicting accounts, pointing to the possibility that they were coached or intimidated.

One version has it that the suspects were “normal criminals” on a robbing spree and Muchai and his bodyguards were just their victims.

In a second statement, the suspects allege they had been paid to kill the legislator.

They were under pressure from their master(s) who was/were becoming impatient with them for not accomplishing the job as agreed.

The final account, according to the source, states that the MP was the target, but his aides were killed after the assailants discovered they were armed.

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Preliminary investigations soon after the February 7 incident indicated that a lone gunman carried out the attack.

He took aim at Muchai’s stationary Toyota Fortuner, fatally wounding the occupants, then approached the car, which he ransacked before getting back into a white get-away vehicle.

Accounts from a street boy who said he witnessed the incident matched footage that was captured by CCTV cameras showing a hooded individual shooting at the MP’s vehicle.

But statements taken from the suspects appear to suggest that three of them approached Muchai’s car.

“It is odd that they have given statements that are inconsistent,” said the source.

When contacted, Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) boss Ndegwa Muhoro declined to comment, asking for more time to investigate due to the sensitivity of the matter that has generated a lot of public interest.

The suspects in custody are Raphael Kimani Gachie, Eric Isabwa Munyeria, Mustafa Kimani Anyonyi, Steven Astiva Lipopo, Jane Wanjiru Kamau and Margaret Njeri Wachiuri.