{"id":12175,"date":"2020-08-02T16:50:13","date_gmt":"2020-08-02T16:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=12175"},"modified":"2020-08-02T16:50:13","modified_gmt":"2020-08-02T16:50:13","slug":"akombe-chiloba-warned-me-over-testifying-in-msandos-murder-inquest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/akombe-chiloba-warned-me-over-testifying-in-msandos-murder-inquest","title":{"rendered":"Akombe: Chiloba warned me over testifying in Msando\u2019s murder inquest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Author:\u00a0Mireri Junior<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Former Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) commissioner Dr Roselyn Akombe has today claimed she has been threatened by the commission\u2019s former chief executive Ezra Chiloba (<strong>pictured<\/strong>) to shut up over ex-ICT manager Chris Msando&#8217;s murder.<\/p>\n<p>Dr\u00a0 Akombe on Sunday took to Twitter to claim that Chiloba, had sent her a threatening mail after she expressed interest to testify in the inquest of shadowy death of Msando.\u00a0&#8220;Do not attempt to rewrite history. Our silence is not your license,&#8221; read an email alleged to be from Chiloba.<\/p>\n<p>Akombe said it was now clear that Kenyans were told the truth how Msando was killed, adding that he was ready to speak up.\u00a0She said the threats were a confirmation of her earlier assertions that Msando\u2019s death was an inside job.\u00a0&#8220;It confirms my call for an inquiry. Kenyans deserve the truth. I owe it to you,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Akombe on July 30, announced that she was ready to testify on the unsolved murder of her former colleague, Chris Msando.\u00a0Akombe asked Nelson Havi, Law Society OF Kenya boss, to take up the case in the public interest and that she was ready to testify.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMay I indulge you with a request? On this anniversary of my colleague Msando\u2019s murder, could you take this case up in the public\u2019s interest? As I have said in the past, I am ready to testify,\u201d she appealed\u00a0Chiloba, since his acrimonious exit from IEBC, has taken to farming in Trans Nzoia County.<\/p>\n<p>He refers to what transpired as a crisis that not only rendered him jobless but also took away his peace of mind.\u00a0\u201cIt took a crisis for me to see the opportunities in farming,\u201d he says.\u00a0\u201cI figured I would be busy and have a healthy mind on my journey to other opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Msando was found murdered and his body dumped in a thicket in Kikuyuin Kiambu County a week before the 2017 General Election.\u00a0His body had visible wounds and an autopsy revealed that he was strangled.<\/p>\n<p>He was killed between July 30 and 31, 2017 and his relatives and opposition leaders believe he was eliminated to allow rigging.\u00a0A suspect arrested over the murder that shocked the country was later released for lack of evidence.\u00a0Family and relatives of the slain IEBC official are yet to find justice two years since he was killed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author:\u00a0Mireri Junior AfricaPress-Kenya: Former Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) commissioner Dr Roselyn Akombe has today claimed she has been threatened by the commission\u2019s former chief executive Ezra Chiloba (pictured) to shut up over ex-ICT manager Chris Msando&#8217;s murder. 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