Human rights lobby Haki Africa is now calling for an inquest into the death of their colleague Caroline Mwatha to establish who exactly caused it.
An autopsy on Thursday revealed she bled to death from a ruptured uterus.
Activist Caroline Mwatha died from excessive bleeding caused by a possible abortion, an independent pathologist said.
Details of the state of her womb revealed that the foetus was extremely dismembered.
A postmortem was done on the body at Umash Funeral Home, Nairobi.
It was led by Dr Peter Ndegwa and witnessed by a number of doctors representing the family, the Dandora Community Social Justice Centre and Haki Africa.
However, Caroline's family and colleagues rejected the theory as they believe she was killed because of her work that involved documenting police extra-judicial killings, forced disappearances and other forms of police brutality.
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“Although the cause of death is clear, the doctors were also clear that from the autopsy, it is not possible to tell who caused the damage, why or how,” said Haki Africa executive director Hussein Khalid.
He said authorities should now establish beyond reasonable doubt what could have led to the ruptured uterus.
“This being such a high profile case, it is befitting of an inquest involving all key stakeholders to confirm the circumstances that led to the death of comrade Caroline Mwatha,” said Khalid in a statement on Friday.
Mwatha was reported missing on February 6 and her body was found at City Mortuary in Nairobi six days later.
Her death left
human rights activists in shock.
The rights defenders said they need more protection, saying their work exposes them to many dangers.
Activists now want authorities to establish whether the attempted abortion was forced or voluntary.