• A postmortem on the body of Wycliffe Omwenga who was the younger brother of Kevin turned inconclusive.
• The family of the deceased was told to wait for a toxicology report which will have finer details on the cause of the death.
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The cause of the death of the star witness in the case of the murder of a car dealer Kelvin Omwenga can not be established for now.
A postmortem on the body of Wycliffe Omwenga who was the younger brother of Kevin turned inconclusive.
The family of the deceased was told to wait for a toxicology report which will have finer details on the cause of the death.
They left the mortuary without proper answers on what may have killed Wycliffe.
The autopsy was conducted at the Nairobi Women’s Hospital mortuary by government pathologist Charles Muturi and was attended by police.
“The pathologist says the results are inconclusive and we have to wait for the other tests,” said a family spokesman.
The deceased body apparently did bear any marks.
Wycliffe was the key witness in the case in which fake gold dealer Chris Obure and his security guard Robert Bodo Ouko are charged with the murder of the car dealer.
The body of Wycliffe was found in his house in Riruta on July 21, police said.
He had expressed fears for his life over suspicious people who trailed him.
Some of the fears were posted online but he didn’t report to police.
Wycliffe leaves behind four children and two widows.
His body was found in his bedroom and the house was apparently locked from inside.
A member of the family said Wycliffe had complained of headache and took pain killers before he went to bed.
He denied there was a woman in the house.
A team of detectives from the DCI headquarters has joined the probe into the death of Wycliffe with an aim of knowing the motive.
The team revisited the scene where the body was found and interrogated neighbours and witnesses.
Omwenga was killed over a fake gold deal that he was to seal in Dubai that weekend, investigations have shown.
Obure and Bodo were arrested on August 21, 2020 after Omwenga was murdered in his house at Galana Suites in Kilimani, Nairobi.
They denied the charge earlier and were granted cash bail of Sh2 million and Sh500,000 respectively by Justice Jessie Lessit, who directed them to deposit two sureties of the same amount as the cash bail.
The judge imposed terms such as barring the accused from contacting any of Omwenga's relatives or a prosecution witness.
They were also ordered to surrender their travel documents to the court and file affidavits declaring their respective places of residence.
Justice Lesiit further barred the accused from owning or holding a firearm during the pendency of the case and said any gun in their custody should be surrendered to police.
The prosecution had opposed the bail application, fearing the accused would interfere with the investigations and intimidate witnesses.
The court also heard that interference by the accused persons would significantly harm the pursuit of justice in the matter.
The investigating officer Bashir Boya said investigations had established Ouko accompanied Omwenga to his house for dinner on the fateful Friday.
After dinner, Ouko excused himself to go home but before he could leave, they went to the bedroom.
Soon after, a loud sound similar to a gunshot was heard.
"Ouko hurriedly came out of the bedroom and said he wanted to rush somewhere but was restrained by the Omwenga's brother Wycliffe who was then in the kitchen cooking.”
“Another guest went to the bedroom and found Omwenga lying on the floor, holding his chest,” swore Boya.
The deceased was taken to Nairobi Women’s Hospital in Hurlingham where he was pronounced dead.
In an attempt to conceal the murder, Ouko allegedly went back to Glo-jet offices at Senteu Plaza to hide the gun.
It was only after Ouko was arrested the following day that he led detectives to Senteu Plaza where a firearm, loaded with 13 rounds of ammunition, was recovered.
The weapon belonged to Obure.