Detectives on Thursday visited Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale’s Malinya home for the second day in a row to continue investigations into the death of his longtime farmhand Kizito Moi.
Moi’s lifeless body was on Sunday found inside a cowshed in what the senator claimed he was gored to death by a fighter bull he was tending.
“Day three of investigations into the untimely death of my fighter bulls caretaker. The sleuths were back today. I thank Mr Martin Nyukundi from the national homicide department for assurance that nothing is being left to doubt,” Khalwale said in an update on X.
On Wednesday, the lawmaker said he is ready to cooperate with the detectives to clear the air after some quarters claimed there was more to Moi’s death than meets the eye.
He rubbished claims doing the rounds on social media that he had a hand in the death of his long-time farmhand.
"I have readily opened up my home to the police to afford them an opportunity to make credible and conclusive investigations into this sad death thereby enabling them to pursue the matter to a logical conclusion before burial plans continue," the Senator said.
“Who are the people who have said that? You are a journalist…you are asking the senator of Kakamega to clarify issues on social media,” he told the Star on phone when reached for comment.
Khalwale said will broadcast every bit of the ongoing investigations because he has nothing to hide.
Kizito’s body had multiple injuries believed to have been inflicted by the fighter bull.
An autopsy on his body is due at the Kakamega County General Hospital.
Khalwale killed the bull named ‘Inasio’ on the fateful Sunday in what he said was in keeping with the Luhya culture.
The rite was performed in the full glare of the media and the police.
The senator said on Wednesday he has since postponed Kizito’s burial until police unravel the truth into allegations leveled against him by "pseudo politicians".
Moi, 47, had been Khalwale’s farmhand for over 20 years. “He came here when he was a boy,” Khalwale said in an interview on Sunday.