Police in Uasin Gishu are advancing on the investigation on the murder of gay activist Edwin Chiloba whose body was found stashed in a metal box along a road in Uasin Gishu County.
Three more people, in addition to a freelance photographer and his lover, Jackton Odhiambo, seized on Friday, have been arrested: his cousin, a friend and a taxi driver believed to have aided the disposal of his body.
Police also announced that they have impounded a vehicle used to dispose the fashion designers body.
Preliminary investigations reveal that Chiloba’s eye was gouged out apart from other injuries he sustained.
A Fourth Year student at the University of Eldoret, Chiloba was a popular fashion designer and a model, popular in Eldoret.
Sam Oduor is the editor-in-chief at the Western Kenya Times who leverages the power of the Internet in telling stories that shape opinions.
