New crucial evidence has surfaced in the death of prominent city lawyer and businessman Karanja Kabage after the Inspector General Hillary Mutyambai instructed Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to investigate the cause of death.
According to Nairobi News, detectives are now sampling vomit collected inside the lawyer’s car who died on Friday night in a road crash at Karen area, Nairobi.
The vomit sample was not included in the earlier police reports.
According to initial police reports, Kabage might have suffered a heart attack while driving along the Southern Bypass, Nairobi.
The press release by the Director of Corporate Communications at the National Police Service (NPS) Charles Wahong’o, also stated that Kabage was killed in a road accident on that Friday night when his car lost control.
“Let us wait for the postmortem examination to tell us more on the possible cause of the incident,” said an official who visited the scene and sought anonymity.
In the police report, Wahong'o stated that Kabage was driving along the Southern Bypass from Ole Sereni direction towards Kikuyu general direction after his car lost control.
"Preliminary investigations indicated that the deceased was driving a black Land Cruiser VX when the vehicle veered off to the wrong side of the road," part of his statement read.
His family and friends confirmed the sad news revealing that he was pronounced dead on arrival at the Nairobi Hospital. He passed on at the age of 70.
Kabage was a prominent insurance expert who has served as a director at African Reinsurance Corporation and First Reinsurance Brokers Limited.
He was also a regular panelist on various television shows in Kenya.
He vied for and lost the Nakuru senatorial seat in the 2017 General Election.
