Autopsy reveals cause of death for gay rights activist Edwin Chiloba

Edwin Chiloba

Relatives of Edwin Kiprotich Kipruto alias Chiloba at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital mortuary in Eldoret town on January 11, 2023. 

Photo credit: Jared Nyataya | Nation Media Group

A post-morterm of gay rights activist Edwin Chiloba shows he died due to suffocation caused by stuffing of pieces of cloth in mouth and nose, officials said Wednesday.

Chiloba's body was found stashed in a metallic box in Kapsaret, Uasin Gishu County last week. 

The post-mortem was conducted by Chief Government Pathologist Johansen Oduor at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital mortuary. 

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