The family of the late Walter Nyamata, a senior Kenyan Inspector of Police who passed away in Washington DC in the US in February, is now demanding answers.
The officer, who served as a personal assistant to Deputy Inspector General Noor Gabow, was part of a team conducting a reconnaissance mission for the Kenya-Haiti deployment initiative.
The 39-year-old, discovered deceased in a hotel in the US capital, was laid to rest on Friday, March 16, at Nyatieko village in Nyamira County.
Following the burial ceremony, the father, speaking to a media outlet, highlighted that the government had yet to provide explanations regarding the circumstances surrounding the death of their relative.
According to the father, the authority has failed to provide the autopsy report, findings of the autopsy or the death certificate.
“We asked for the provisional report to show the post-mortem finding, and they refused to give us. Even the death certificate provided by the US, they are yet to submit, it,” the deceased father stated.
“When the body first arrived in Kenya, they barred us from viewing it. Later, they called us to the Lee Funeral Home, where we confirmed it was our son.”
The family further revealed that the brother of the descended who currently resides in the US, was also prevented from viewing the body moments after he was pronounced dead, claiming that he was now under US custody.
Mourners, who showed up in masses to send off the service man raised concerns over the absence of senior officials from the police service and the office of the Inspector General.
The family is further seeking suing avenues to get answers on what happened to their kin, as the government has failed them.
The father revealing his last conversation with the deceased before he left for the trip, noted that he was indeed in the company of his colleagues, in a short-planned mission.
"He told us he would not come back home soon because the date of the trip to the US was fast approaching," the father narrated.
