- Gikonyo had left a restaurant in Nairobi's Kileleshwa area and was headed home when a lone gunman on a motorbike accosted him, police said.
- They said the man confronted him as he slowed down at a bump and demanded cash and other valuables from him before he fired once at him.
Police have revealed details on the shooting of a former National Intelligence Service officer at the center of assassination claims by Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.
Gikonyo is the former Nairobi County and Central region head of Intelligence.
He had been moved from NIS to the Office of the Deputy President where he is an adviser.
Police said the shooting incident happened on July 12, at around 9.45pm as the former Regional Intelligence Officer for Nairobi and Central regions, Patrick Gikonyo, drove home.
According to police, Gikonyo was driving his black Toyota Harrier along Suguta Road in Kileleshwa, Nairobi when the incident happened.
Gikonyo had left a restaurant in Nairobi's Kileleshwa area and was headed home when a lone gunman on a motorbike accosted him, police said.
They said the man confronted him as he slowed down at a bump and demanded cash and other valuables from him before he fired once at him.
The bullet shattered the driver's window, missing Gikonyo but grazing his right hand, police said.
He later drove to the hospital and reported the matter later on.
The gunman did not manage to steal anything from him as he rode off, police said.
Officers said the are treating the matter as a normal attempted robbery.
Police said they have not found any clue to suggest the shooting was an attempted assassination. bNo arrest has been made.
According to police, the incident happened on the day President William Ruto made changes in the National Police Service and Kenya Prisons Service.
Gikonyo declined to comment on the matter saying he left all the details with the police who should explain more on the probe.
Gachagua revealed that a former senior NIS official, whom he had recruited to assist in the fight against alcohol and drug abuse, was shot.
He claimed the officer, transferred from the NIS was assigned to investigate illicit alcohol and drug abuse, a task given by the President.
"I found one of the officers who was very senior in charge of Nairobi, and I brought him to my office to investigate the issue of illicit alcohol and drug abuse," the DP said.
"To try and intimidate me, that officer was trailed by a person on a boda boda while leaving his house in Kileleshwa and shot. By the grace of God, the bullet missed his head and hit him on the shoulder. He was taken to Nairobi Hospital, and the bullet was removed."
Gachagua expressed disappointment that the incident had not been adequately addressed.
"The President did not know this information and I had to tell him. When the security bosses were asked, they started stuttering. To this day, that assassin who was sent to intimidate me and my staff has never been investigated, and the matter went silent," he said during an interview with Kikuyu radio stations.