Autopsy Reveals What Killed IEBC Returning Officer

It was witnessed by his family members, detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), and IEBC officials.

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Aug 18, 2022 - 06:20
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Autopsy Reveals What Killed IEBC Returning Officer
Slain Embakasi East Returning Officer Daniel Musyoka. /STANDARD DIGITAL

A post-mortem conducted on the late Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commissioner (IEBC) Returning Officer for Embakasi East constituency Daniel Mbolu Musyoka revealed that he was strangled to death.

The exercise was conducted by a team of five pathologists sent to Oloitokitok Sub-County Hospital Mortuary to operate on his body before issuing the report.

It was witnessed by his family members, detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), and IEBC officials.

DCI officers at a crime scene. /FILE

The pathologists also carried to Nairobi some components for further forensic investigations.

Musyoka has been a national headline after IEBC chairperson, Wafula Chebukati, announced on Friday, August 12 that he had been reported missing. Three days later, his body was found at the Amboseli National Park on Monday, August 15. 

Oloitokitok police boss, Kipruto Ruto revealed on Tuesday, August 16 that Musyoka's body was dumped in a place where wild animals were common, but he was not mauled. In addition, the body had fresh wounds, indicating that the murder took place before his body was discovered.

The former IEBC official was also revealed to have had wounds on his arm, indicating that he was in a struggle with the killers.

Musyoka's brother-in-law, Jackson Muimi and his sister Ann Mbolu revealed that Musyoka was a God-fearing man and that his death stemmed from a refusal to be bribed by his killers.

Muimi suggested that Musyoka could have been tempted by an unidentified person to manipulate the numbers in the just-concluded elections, whose presidential results had declared William Ruto as the president-elect.

“We know who Daniel is, he cannot be compromised by anyone. I suspect that someone must have attempted to bribe him to change the numbers in the just-concluded election, and he refused,” Muimi said.

Muimi and Ann affirmed that Musyoka was an honest person who had no enemies and would provide for his family regardless of their position.

Embakasi East Member of Parliament, Babu Owino, took to social media to offer his condolences to Musyoka's family, friends and colleagues in the murder involving the official stationed in his constituency.

He and his rival, Daniel Mureithi called for investigations into the matter. Babu Owino was declared the winner in the constituency with 57,410 votes while Mureithi came in second with 29,104. 

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