Kenya was gripped with fear for two days: If a Cabinet Minister would be killed and his body disposed of in the wild, who was safe?
But more was to come. In a prepared autopsy report made public much later, Chief Government Pathologist Jason Ndakai Kaviti, claimed that Dr Ouko, traveled for seven kilometres, neatly arranged his personal belongings, shot himself in the head and stomach, then set his body on fire and as a final act of death, lay on his back and died.