The Directorate of Criminal Investigation(DCI) has transported the body of the Somali-American businessman Bashir Mohamud, to Nairobi ahead of a planned post-mortem.
Bashir’s body was on Saturday identified by his family at the Kerugoya Level Five Hospital mortuary where it had been booked as an unidentified after it was discovered on the banks of River Nyamindi, Kirinyaga County on May 16.
According to Kirinyaga County Police commander Leah Kithei, the body was discovered by a resident from Mirera in Murinduko ward, Mwea.
“The case was then reported to police in Nairobi County and the unidentified body had been at the morgue for six days,” Kithei said.
She said the body was discovered with no clothes but with visible head injuries.
Their lawyer Charles Madowo later released a statement confirming Bashir is dead.
“It is with heavy hearts that family of Bashir Mohamed Mohamud informs you that the body of Bashir was found earlier on today (Saturday) at Kerugoya Level 5 hospital. As the family processes this tragic news and plan for his burial, they request that they be afforded privacy. Even as Bashir rests, the family shall not rest until justice has been served and those responsible for his death brought to book,” read the statement.
The body was moved to Umash Funeral Home, Nairobi, for post-mortem by chief government pathologist today.
The body will then be released to the family for burial in accordance with Islamic rites.
The 36-year-old structural engineer and proprietor of Infinity Developers, based in Nairobi went missing after he left Miale Lounge in Lavington, Nairobi, where he had gone for a meeting and Idd celebrations on May 13.
Alibaya Hassan, Bashir’s lawyer claimed that there were suspicious activities at the Miale lounge where the was last seen.
“You realise in various instances there are a couple of people who are triangulating and they were on mobile telephones and conversations are ongoing and everyone looks quite jittery it looks as though they are watching out waiting for something to happen,” the lawyer said.
Police are also probing how Bashir’s vehicle a Range Rover was found burnt in Kibiku three days after his disappearance and the shell carted away in less than an hour after a police officer from Kibiku police post visited the scene and went back to alert the scene of crime officers only to find the place wiped clean.
Bashir is said to have successful constructed different government projects both in Kenya and Somalia.
