Slain Nairobi Businessman Kevin Omwenga Laid to Rest in Emotional Sendoff as Family Demands Justice

The family of slain Nairobi-based businessman Kevin Omwenga has demanded justice for their son who was shot dead under unclear circumstances.

Omwenga, 28, was laid to rest in an emotional sendoff at the family’s rural home in Kitutu Chache, Kisii County on Saturday.

“Let justice be done for my brother. I raised Kevin after the death of our father. The one who shot you knows why he did so. God will deal with him in his best way,” his brother Wycliffe Omwenga said during the funeral.

Omwenga, who was a car dealer, was shot in his house at Galana Suites apartment in Kilimani, Nairobi on August 21st.

The deceased’s brother Wycliff told police that he was in the kitchen preparing dinner when he heard a gunshot emanating from the bedroom.

He rushed there where he saw Robert Bodo—the main suspect—leaving in a hurry and found his brother lying on his back with blood oozing from his chest when he entered the bedroom. Wycliff rushed him to Nairobi Women’s Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

Bodo was arrested the following day and led the police to Senteu Plaza located near Galana Suits where a pistol and 13 rounds of ammunition were recovered.

The firearm believed to be the murder weapon was found kept in a safe in an office belonging to Chris Obure, a businessman. Bodo works as a personal bodyguard of Obure, who was also arrested in connection to the killing.

A postmortem showed the bullet that killed Omwenga hit him from a close range, piercing through his heart and left lung, killing him instantly.

The autopsy conducted by chief government pathologist Johansen Oduor also released the bullet was discharged from a high position.

A Nairobi court last week allowed police to hold Obure and Bodo for 12 days pending completion of investigations on the matter.