Popular hotelier William Osewe shot and wounded

Popular hotelier William Osewe was Thursday afternoon shot and seriously wounded by a licensed firearm holder in a quarrel at a hotel along Thika Road, Nairobi

Osewe who owns the K’Osewe Ranalo Foods is said to have engaged businessman Tom Oywa Mboya in a scuffle and quarrel at a hotel near the Roasters Hotel in the city before the shooting happened.

Osewe was shot at least three times in the stomach. One of the bullets exited and hit a guard who was near there, a witness said.

According to witnesses and police, Osewe had joined a table that Mboya was with other revelers before a scuffle broke out.

He was first rushed to the AAR Healthcare at the Mountain Mall before he was transferred to Aga Khan Hospital.

Witnesses said his vehicle, a cream Mercedes Benz was later towed to Kasarani police station by police

The attacker surrendered to the police and was disarmed. Police said they are investigating the matter. Mboya told police Osewe confronted him first leading to the bloody incident.