Five suspects linked to the murder and disposal of the body of LGBTQ Activist Edwin Kiptoo Chiloba will remain in police custody for 21 more days as police complete investigations.

The court in Eldoret directed that the five persons led by prime suspect Jackton Odhiambo remain in custody to allow police to carry out more investigations and arrest more suspects linked to the murder.

Odhiambo appeared alongside Dennis Litali and three minors.

Appearing before Senior Principal Magistrate Richard Odenyo, Chief Inspector Stephen Mumba, who is the lead investigator in the case, told the court that a postmortem to determine the cause of Chiloba's death is yet to be conducted.

He added that the deceased's house which is believed to be the crime scene and the vehicle that was used to dispose of his body are also yet to be subjected to a forensic investigation.