Kakamega: Puzzle as Man Dies in Police Cells Hours after Being Arrested for Assaulting Wife
- The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) was asked to investigate the death at Bundonga Police Post in Kakamega
- The family of Raymond Nachibati Wawire painfully narrated how he was found dead in the cell
- The grieving family narrated how Nachibati's decision to marry a second wife landed him in custody
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Amos Khaemba, a journalist at TUKO.co.ke, brings over four years of experience covering politics and current affairs in Kenya.
Kakamega - A family is demanding justice after a relative was found dead in a police cell under mysterious circumstances.
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Raymond Nachibati Wawire was found dead at Bundonga Police Post on Saturday, August 9, hours after being arrested for allegedly assaulting his wife.
Why was Raymond Nachibati Wawire arrested?
TV47 reported that Nachibati allegedly beat his wife, Celestine Barasa, for questioning him over his decision to marry a second wife.
The confrontation led to the arrest of Nachibati, Celestine and her brother, but the woman and the brother were later released.
Esther Khayemba, the deceased's mother, disclosed that they were later informed that Nachibati had been found hanging on the rafters of the cell with a tracksuit string tied around his neck.
“The last day I saw my son was on Monday last week, after he quarrelled with his wife. I had not set eyes on him until Saturday, when I saw his body hanging lifelessly from a rope inside the police cell,” Khayemba said.
However, the family is doubting the police version that the deceased took his own, alleging that there is a case of cover-up.
Why does the Kakamega family want IPOA to intervene?
She wondered how the police allowed the suspect to enter the cell with a rope and a shoe, something she said is not common.
The grieving mother questioned how her son obtained a rope and a shoe in his cell, alleging that police may have beaten him to death and staged the scene or left him to die after the beating.
The deceased's father, Bonface Nachibati, urged the Independent Policing Oversight Authority to investigate the circumstances of his son's death.
“Police know very well what happened, because where did my son get a rope to hang himself in a room that has nothing? Police should tell us how the suspect was allowed to enter with shoes inside the cell. We suspect foul play, and we want to know why my son’s wife and her brother were arrested and later released when they had been arrested alongside the deceased," Boniface said.
The body was moved to the Kakamega County Teaching and Referral Hospital mortuary pending autopsy.
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How man died at Kenol Police Station
In a related incident, a man was found dead at the control centre at the Kenol Police Station in Murang'a county.
Murang'a South Police boss, Charity Karimi, said they are trying to establish how the intruder entered the station without being seen.
Preliminary investigations show that the unidentified man sneaked into the station moments before he was found dead while kneeling.
The man was dressed in a clean white shirt, a black hoodie, and grey jeans, but he was barefoot.
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