Bomet Governor Isaac Rutto yesterday told Kalenjin musician Diana ‘Chelele’ Chemutai’s family and the Kalenjin Musicians Association that he would ensure investigations are fast-tracked.
Bomet residents on Monday marched on the streets and later to the police station to protest against the “slow pace” at which police are investigating her murder.
County police commandant Leah Kithei called for calm, saying they have crucial leads.
“The matter is being handled by the criminal investigation department. We are assuring you that someone must be held accountable for the death,” she told the press in her office.
Kithei dismissed reports that police are holding Chelele’s husband Eric Musila over the killing.
But a detective said: “Some officers are out looking for the husband and some other individuals who were in last contact with the singer.”
In an interview with Chamge FM, Chelele’s friend Damaris Chepkemoi said she was hosting the musician in her house until her disappearance.
She said they had supper together on Wednesday night and as they prepared to sleep, a person who had been calling Chelele persistently insisted she go see him.
“I organised a motorcycle to pick her at my house and even gave her keys to the gate. Unfortunately she never returned,” Chepkemoi said.
The motorcyclist, according to Chepkemoi, dropped Chelele next to Equity Bank in Bomet town at around midnight and left her with the person he never identified.
The boda boda operator has not been traced.
Chelele’s family in Mugango was yet to formally announce the burial arrangements.
