Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale has claimed that politics are 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, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations conducted investigations at his home for the second day.
“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 added that the government should intervene since it has been politicised.
Khalwale asked the police to expedite investigations to allow the family to bury their son.
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 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 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.
By TabbyFellow