- The High Court in Eldoret will be giving its verdict on Edwin Chiloba’s murder case on November 8 this year
- A total of 22 witnesses testified before the court, among them the government’s chief pathologist Johansen Oduor who conducted the autopsy on Chiloba’s body
- Chiloba’s one-time friend and roommate Jackton Odhiambo, is the prime suspect in the murder trial
Eli Odaga, a journalist at TUKO.co.ke, brings more than three years of experience covering politics and current affairs in Kenya.
Uasin Gishu county – The trial of Edwin Chiloba’s murder has been concluded, and now the judgment awaits.
Source: UGC
The case has been active in the Eldoret High Court since early 2023, when Chiloba was discovered murdered.
Jackton Odhiambo, the late Chiloba’s close friend and one-time roommate, is the prime suspect in the murder.
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Twenty-two key witnesses presented their accounts to the court before the closure of the file.
Among the witnesses is the government’s chief pathologist, Johansen Oduor, who conducted a postmortem on the deceased’s remains.
Another key witness is the government’s principal chemist, Polycarp Kweyu, who informed the court that the male DNA profile generated from the bed cover which draped Chiloba’s body matched seminal fluids extracted from the prime suspect.
Justice Reuben Nyakundi, who presided over the case from the beginning, directed the parties to correspond with the court with the case materials within a fortnight.
Nyakundi will issue his verdict on November 8.
Source: TUKO.co.ke
