Autopsy Results By Government Pathologist Shows What Killed Kevin Omwenga

Government Chief Pathologist Johansen Oduor conducted a postmortem on the body of Kevin Omwenga on Monday, 24th August at Montezuma Funeral Home

He revealed that the Omwenga was shot at a close range corroborating with the story given by prime suspect Robert Ouko that the two were close when the shooting occurred.

“He was shot once on the left chest area. The bullet tore through the heart then there was a collapse of the left lung and a lot of bleeding on the left side of the chest.” Oduor told reporters.

Chris Obure and Robert Ouko when they appeared before the court on Monday.

On whether the shooting was premeditated or accidental as said by Ouko in his statement to the police, Oduor couldn’t easily ascertain.

“It is hard to answer (whether the incident was accidental) because that is based on the circumstance. When I look at the bullet, it was a close shot and entered his body at an elevated angle,” said the pathologist.

He further disclosed that Omwenga suffered severe injuries in his heart and lungs and must have died instantly after the shot went off.

A video doing rounds of the lifeless body of Omwenga in his bedroom appears to confirm that he had already died by the time he was being taken to the hospital.

“The bullet exited in his back area after going through his vital organs. It looks like someone who died instantly. With the injury to heart, he had little chance of survival,” he added.

Ouko the prime suspect together with Chris Philip Obure are still being held by the police awaiting their bail hearing today. Police are asking the court to still hold them for 14 more days as they conduct further investigations as releasing them would interfere with the process given that they know the key witnesses.

Homicide detectives are yet to obtain any previous crime records of the suspects, take fingerprints and their DNA samples for analysis. They are also yet to take photo profiling and do mental assessment.

The investigations are also focusing on the ballistic examination of the firearm and obtaining its records from the Central Firearm Bureau.

Detectives will perform phone analysis and forward the same to the Cybercrime Unit at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations for analysis.

The police are also yet to decide on the criminal charges to prefer against the two.