Missing Nairobi Human Rights Activist Caroline Mwatha Found Dead

Caroline Mwatha, a human rights activist from Dandora, Nairobi has been found dead seven days after she went missing.

The body of Ms. Mwatha was found at City Mortuary in Nairobi on Tuesday afternoon.

The body of the deceased was reportedly booked at the morgue by a private citizen at around 4 am on Tuesday.

Mwatha went missing on Wednesday last week with her disappearance being reported by her family at Buru Buru Police Station.

She is a founder member and caseworker with Dandora Community Social Justice Centre, which speaks against extrajudicial killings.

According to Daily Nation, police investigations have established that Mwatha, who was five months pregnant, died at a clinic in Dandora where she had reportedly gone for an abortion.

The owner of the clinic and a doctor have reportedly admitted that "they took the body to the mortuary and booked her under a different name and indicated she died of diarrhea", Daily Nation reports.

Police are said to have seen text messages of the activist planning the abortion with the clinic's owner.

Police spokesperson Charles Owino says two suspects have been arrested in connection with her death.

"We have two suspects in custody and they are the ones who led detectives to the mortuary," Owino says.