Dr J. N. Ndung'u briefs the press on Susan Njoki's death. /SCREENGRABToto Touch Kenya CEO Susan Njoki died from manual strangulation, a postmortem examination has confirmed.
Njoki passed away on July 15 under unclear circumstances, a day after she was admitted to a city hospital.
Addressing the press on Tuesday evening, government pathologist Dr J. N. Ndung’u said the examination was conducted by six pathologists, all of whom agreed on the findings.
“We are all in consensus with the findings,” Dr Ndung’u said at the Montezuma Monalisa Funeral Home in Nairobi.
The pathologists represented the family, the hospital, the government and the police.
“There were clear features of compression to the neck, consistent with manual strangulation.”
The doctor added that the strangulation led to a lack of oxygen in the blood.
The team also found other medical signs unrelated to the cause of death, which may have stemmed from a separate condition Njoki had during her hospital admission.
“She died shortly after her last meal; we found food in her stomach. Death likely occurred around four hours after,” Dr Ndung’u noted.
He confirmed that Njoki’s death occurred at the hospital, based on information shared with the police medical team.
Investigations into the events leading to her admission are ongoing.
The family said they may consider doing a toxicology test for purposes of unravelling exactly what happened to their loved one.
