His mother confirmed the developments while speaking to the press, revealing that his body was discovered at the Lake Nakuru National Park.
Missing fisherman Brian Odhiambo, whose alleged disappearance has been linked to Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) officers, was found dead on Monday, February 17.
His mother confirmed the developments while speaking to the press, revealing that his body was discovered at the Lake Nakuru National Park.
Brian Odhiambo’s mother revealed that the KWS officers offered no assistance to the fishermen when they went to intercept the retrieval process conducted by a group of youth and threatened to shoot them when the youth notified them that it was Brian’s body they were retrieving.
She also claimed that the officers did not engage with the youths; they merely dealt with his body and removed it.
Aerial view of Lake Nakuru. /WIKIPEDIA
“The youth found my son’s body floating in the water on Monday. When they wanted to remove his body, a game park boat came with officers from the KWS, but they did not even assist the fishermen,” she revealed.
“When they said that it was Brian, they cocked their guns wanting to shoot the young people. In turn, the youth left with the body.”
Odhiambo’s mother also recounted that upon learning that officers had allegedly taken her son’s body, she went to the mortuary to verify if it had arrived this week.
She is now urging the officers who reportedly took his body to return it to her and his family.“Let them return the body so we can bury him and find peace. We won’t protest in the streets. If they give us the body, we won’t go to the streets again. Even if it has decomposed, we will accept it,” she demanded.
Adding “I just ask that they return the body they took on the boat and left with. I will accept it as it is.”
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