Slain ex-treasury official Tom Mokaya Osinde May have been killed in his house in Nakuru before his lifeless body was driven out to Kisii and later dumped in a river in Migori County.
Those who saw his body say it had a cut on the head and some injuries believed to have been inflicted by a blunt object.
An autopsy is planned on the body to tell more about how he died.
Investigators suspect the late Osinde may have succumbed after he was stabbed with a knife and hit with a blunt object on the head on June 18, 2023 – the same day he was reported missing.
His body was discovered on June 22, four days after he was reported missing, and was first taken to a private mortuary in Migori which could not admit it on grounds that it was unclaimed, hence it was moved to Migori Level Four Hospital.
Police now say they suspect he was killed in his Ngata home in Nakuru, the body loaded into his car and driven out.
The deceased’s car had some blood stains when it was recovered in Kiligoris on June 22.
Police are investigating how he was moved from his house to his car and driven to Kisii County and later River Kuja in Kamagambo, Migori.
Police also said there are some inconsistencies in the time stamp from the two suspects in custody-Julius Mogoi and Mugo Gathi who will remain in custody for the next three weeks.
It is believed they also drugged Osinde before they hit him to death.
The police are also investigating claims that there were other people believed to be Tanzanian nationals in the deceased’s house on the day of the incident.
The officers are further seeking answers on the mysterious tampering of the electricity connection in the deceased’s house.
As the murder probe intensifies, detectives are seeking answers on the motive of the murder.
Detectives dusted his house in Nakuru on Thursday as part of the probe into the murder.
His family members were not present when he went missing before he was found dead.
Osinde worked in the office of the economic secretary at the treasury.
Before he went missing, his vehicle was seen leaving his residence and being driven by a strange person.
Some boda boda operators near Osinde’s Ngata farm in Nakuru said Osinde would usually greet them but that day, he did not.
Detectives also said two electricity switches in the upper staircase of his Ngata home had been vandalized and part of the probe is to establish if they were vandalized before or after he went missing
“I saw the vehicle leaving the residence but it was being driven by a strange person who did not even greet us,” one of them said.
Already, two suspects –who were arrested on June 27 -are in custody in connection to the abduction and subsequent killing of Osinde.
They have been identified as Julius Mogoi, his employee who curiously arrived at their home in South Mugirango, Kisii
County on the night of June 18, just hours after Osinde went missing.
This was the first time he was visiting in three years.
One of the workers in custody is a driver to Osinde.
He was seen driving Osinde’s car in his village in Nyamira and to the place it was found dumped and vandalized on the roadside in Kiligoris.
He is said to have driven the four-wheel to a car wash in Osinde’s village a day after he was reported missing.
“He told us to wash the car from outside only because it was not dirty inside,” said one of the car wash attendants.
The suspect had spent the night in his village with Osinde’s car, which was unusual and shocking to the villagers and neighbors.
He then drove it to Kilgoris and abandoned it there, police investigations show.
The suspect told police Osinde had told him to deliver some money to a woman at a petrol station in Kericho town, which he did, and talked to him when he delivered the cash on June 18.
Police say they have established the claims are not true.
Police said a court had granted them 21 days to hold the suspects.
Osinde’s mobile phone is yet to be recovered. Police are analyzing the mobile phones of the two workers and other family members.
According to police, his black V8 was found abandoned and vandalized around Sikawa, Kilgoris, Narok County.
This was far away from both his Nakuru and Kisii homes.
The number plates, battery, and radio were missing from the car.
Osinde is the brother of Ken Osinde, the former Chief of Staff in President Ruto’s office when he was the deputy president.
The late Osinde also served as Kenyan ambassador to Germany between 2010 and 2014.
Also, read;
- How Suspects Murdered Ex- Treasury Official Tom Osinde, Dumped Body In River In Migori
- Two Arrested In Probe Into Missing Ex-Treasury Official Tom Osinde
