Former Cabinet minister Raphael Tuju’s
estranged wife Ruth Akinyi was Thursday interviewed by detectives as
police held her relative in connection with the death of her lover on
Tuesday.
Tony Ogunda was found dead by Mr Cosmas Okoth, who
is Ms Akinyi’s nephew. Mr Okoth is now in police custody. Kilimani
police commander Bernard Muli said detectives are “contemplating”
charging him in connection with the death.
“We believe there is much more (information) he is
not telling us. The postmortem report revealed there were injuries and
he did not mention if the deceased was involved in a scuffle when he
gave his statement. Yet, he was with him throughout that day,” he said.
Ogunda, who was mentioned in a divorce case filed
by Mr Tuju against his wife, was found dead on a sofa at Mr Okoth’s
house in Upper Hill, Nairobi on Tuesday morning.
The two had been living together for two weeks before Ogunda met his death.
Mr Muli added: “We are holding the man because he
is failing to disclose very crucial information and he is required to
explain.”
On the fateful day, the two arrived home at around 1 am having spent the earlier part of the night at Relax Bar off River Road.
By Thursday, police had interrogated five people and taken their statements.
The Nation learnt that the former
minister’s wife told detectives to also question a woman she identified
as Sabina, because she was around the home when the incident happened.
Mrs Tuju was summoned to Kilimani police station and was interrogated for close to four hours.
Responding to queries from journalists, she said:
“It was fine and the officers were kind enough. It (the interview) went
on well.”
Mr Okoth is expected to be taken to court Friday morning.
Police say that though the autopsy report revealed
that Ogunda had head injuries, Mr Okoth never indicated anywhere in his
statement of any fight or fall.
The head of criminal investigations in Nairobi, Mr
Nicholas Kamwende, said that Mr Okoth had recorded a statement
immediately he reported the death at Capitol Hill police station.
He was summoned for a second time to shed light on new information revealed after the postmortem was conducted.
The autopsy conducted on Wednesday afternoon by
pathologists Johansen Oduor and Peter Ndegwa could not conclusively
establish the cause of the injury.
The blood alcohol concentration was very high,
confirming an earlier statement by the friend that they had drunk liquor
for hours.
The pathologists also established that Ogunda’s brain was swollen and there was blood in his lungs, heart and pancreas.
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