A postmortem conducted on the body of Denzel Omondi revealed that the 23-year-old died as a result of drowning.
Speaking to the media after the exercise on Tuesday, July 9, Irungu Houghton, the Executive Director for Amnesty International Kenya, detailed that a postmortem was conducted on the body of the missing student owing to the suspicions of foul play.
According to Amnesty International officials, the 23-year-old also has bruises on the back of his head.
Additionally, the postmortem revealed that the JKUAT student, whose body was discovered in a quarry in Juja, had injuries on his knees.
"We have been told by the pathologist that he died by drowning. They discovered that he had bruises on the back of his head and on his knees.
"This continues to be investigated but the pathologist's report indicates that he died by drowning," the Amnesty boss revealed.
Owing to the discovery, the family and human rights movements called on the police to investigate the death which they described as suspicious.
According to Omondi's family and friends, the student went missing two days after he filmed himself protesting at Parliament on June 25.
"We know that he was protesting at Parliament on June 25. On June 26, he was seen at the university and on June 27 he disappeared. On July 6, his body was found floating in the Mashinani quarry in Juja.
"This is very suspicious and we were here independent pathologists, IPOA and the KNHC to make sure that he deserves a thorough postmortem," he stated.
On his part, Omondi's father described the death of his son as untimely given the high hopes he had for his firstborn son.
He wondered why someone would have wanted to harm the 23-year-old who had a bright future ahead, further calling for the police to unearth the events surrounding his death.
"He was the firstborn son and we had so many hopes with him. He was a bright boy and I cannot understand why he was not left alone to finish his studies," the father stated.
Meanwhile, Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki has downplayed allegations of abductions by the police.
He stated that action would be taken against officers who were found to have acted outside the provisions of the law.
