Daniel Mbolu Musyoka, the missing Embakasi East Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) returning officer has been found dead.
His body which was identified by family members was discovered in a thicket in Oloitoktok, Kajiado county on Monday, August 15, 2022.
Confirming the incident, police who visited the scene noted that the deceased seemed to have been tortured to death.
Plans are currently underway to transport the body to Nairobi pending postmortem.
Embakasi East returning officer goes missing
IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati on Friday, August 12, 2022, announced that Musyoka had disappeared without a trace.
Chebukati said that Musyoka had disappeared while on duty at the East African School of Aviation tallying centre.
“We wish to inform the country that our returning officer for Embakasi East Mr Daniel Musyoka has been reported missing while on duty at the East African School of aviation tallying centre,” Chebukati said.
The IEBC chairman revealed that the Returning Officer was escorted from his house to the office by his bodyguard before he excused himself only to disappear without a trace.
“Reports received by the commission indicate that at around 9 am on 11th of August yesterday he was escorted from his house to the office – that’s the tallying centre by his bodyguard at around 9:45 am he excused himself to make a telephone call but did not return to the office,” Chebukati said.
The IEBC chairman called on relevant security agencies to urgently investigate the disappearance of the Returning Officer, revealing that the commission had filed a missing person report with the police.
“A report of a missing person has been made at the Embakasi police station under occurrence book no: 24/11/8/2022. The commission is deeply concerned about this unfortunate incident and calls upon the relevant security agencies to speedily investigate this matter,” the IEBC chair said.
