Former TJRC chairman Betwel Kiplagat has passed on after a long illness.
Kiplagat, a former diplomat, died on Friday while undergoing treatment at Nairobi Hospital.
He served as the chairman of the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) from 2009 to November 2010.
This was before he resigned to pave way for investigation into past human rights abuses.
The late was widely mentioned over his involvement in the Wagalla Massacre.
Kiplagat, born in 1936, becomes the fourth senior citizen to pass on in a span of just two weeks.
The late Laikipia Senator Godfrey G. Kariuki will be buried today. He died on June 30.
Before the dark clouds could scatter, Interior CS Joseph Nkaissery passed on at Karen Hospital on July 8.
He died of a rare heart attack and will be buried this Saturday at his Bissil home in Kajiado Central.
On Tuesday, former Cabinet Minister Nicholas Biwott also passed on while undergoing treatment.
Biwott served under President Daniel Moi from 1978-1991 as the Kenyan Ambassador to France and High commissioner to Britain.
He also served as the foreign affairs Permanent Secretary under Moi’s administration.
Ouko Murder
The former commissioner was mentioned in a report by Scotland Yard detective John Troon which investigated the death of the then Foreign affairs minister Robert Ouko.
Kiplagat was accused for giving false information during the investigation having accompanied retired President Daniel Moi for a state visit to the US in 1990.
It was here that the late Robert Ouko and President Moi reportedly disagreed and is presumed to the reason for his untimely death.
The late former ambassador was also mentioned in the Ndungu land report which raised question over his legal ownership of two parcels of land in Kitale and Lavington.
Kiplagat also oversaw other peace talks among them the South Sudan peace talks where he was a key negotiator from the Kenyan envoy. -Star
