Muchemi’s son may have been murdered

By Cyrus Ombati

NAIROBI, KENYA: An autopsy conducted on the body of the son of Solicitor General Wanjuki Muchemi has revealed that he may have been murdered.

The post-mortem report showed Mr James Muchemi Wanjuki, 31 had a crack in his skull, which may have caused the death.

Police said they are treating the incident as murder but no arrest has been made so far.

The post-mortem was conducted by Dr Johansen Oduor at the Lee Funeral Home in Nairobi on Wednesday.

Speaking to reporters at their home in Loresho, an uncle to the deceased Cyrus Wambugu Muchemi revealed that the pathologist had found a crack in his skull, which may have caused his death.

“There was an outside force that may have caused the death and we hope the police will know the truth,” said Mr Wambugu.

He further stated that the body had defensive wounds, which indicated that he may have been assaulted.

Muchemi’s body was found in his room on December 31. He was the only son of the Muchemi’s and was a law student at a UK university.

Preliminary findings show he entered his room on December 28 but did not come out for two days.

An AP guard at the compound told police he had failed to see Muchemi for more than a day arousing his curiosity. It was then that he called the Solicitor General and informed him that his son had been missing.

The guard was informed to call police who arrived and broke into the house where the body was found seated on a sit with bloodstains on the clothes and oozing from his nose.

His parents and other family members were away in Rwanda for holidays at the time of the incident but were informed and arrived last evening.

CID director Ndegwa Muhoro said a team of experts is handling the case.