- The outspoken senator dared those using the death of the farmhand for political mileage to wait until the burial to face him.
- "Don't be in a hurry. Let me be done with the burial, thereafter I'm going to deal with you politically," he said.
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Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale has claimed that politics is at play over the ongoing investigations into the death of his farmhand Kizito Moi.
Police probing the death for the second day in a row pitched tent at the senator's Malinya home Thursday scoring for evidence to help in the investigations.
Moi’s 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.
Speaking at Moi's home where burial preparations are ongoing, Khalwale said his political rivals should wait for the burial to end for them to engage him in political warfare.
"This is not Moi's burial, he was a peasant boy living on my farm. You can see the homestead and how humble it is, this is not Moi's burial, it is pure politics, simple" he said.
On Thursday, detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations conducted investigations at his home for the second day.
Khalwale said this was the third time they were at his home collecting evidence after reports doing rounds on social media claimed there is more to Moi's death than meets the eye.
The senator said regional detectives showed up again on Thursday despite their local counterparts based at Malinya having already concluded the matter.
"The first day DCI based in Malinya came to probe, we went to the mortuary and did a postmortem and they were satisfied, but since it has been politicised, Malinya DCI was forced to return for the second round. Today, the regional DCI, Chief Inspector have investigated for three hours," he said.
The Senator asked the government to intervene since the investigation has now been politicised.
Khalwale also asked the police working on the case to expedite investigations to allow the family to bury their son.
The outspoken senator dared those using the death of the farmhand for political mileage to wait until the burial to face him.
"Don't be in a hurry. Let me be done with the burial, thereafter I'm going to deal with you politically because if you want to do politics, we will not do politics on the body and on the grave," he said.
"I have dealt with you before and I have defeated you. I'm going to deal with you again I'm going to humiliate you politically," Khwalwale said adding that he will not be intimidated.
On Wednesday, the lawmaker rubbished claims that he had a hand in the death of his long-time farmhand and said he is ready to cooperate with the detectives to clear the air.
"I have readily opened up my home to the police to allow them 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 separately on the phone when reached for comment.
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.
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.