Murkomen meets Nakuru woman who stormed his event over missing son, assures her of state aid

Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen has assured the mother of the youth who went missing while fishing in Lake Nakuru that the government will account for his whereabouts.

The woman had earlier in the day interrupted Murkomen’s speech in the Shabab area of Nakuru, seeking his intervention.

“As I had promised her at our earlier interaction during the launch of the  National Mobile Registration Outreach Programme at Shabab, I later met Mama Elizabeth Auma Ogega, the mother of Brian Odhiambo, who disappeared in Lake Nakuru National Park two months ago,” he said.

The CS said he assured Auma that he will follow up on the matter and that the government will do everything possible to account for the whereabouts of her missing son.

Brian Odhiambo, 31, disappeared on January 18 after his mother and other eyewitnesses said they saw him being arrested and bundled into a vehicle.

The mystery over the man’s whereabouts has continued to deepen, with fresh details alleging that he could have been killed and buried inside Lake Nakuru National Park.

Auma on Wednesday stormed the podium as Murkomen was delivering his speech at the event.

Murkomen asked his security detail to allow the distraught mother to walk to him and deliver her message after they attempted to stop her from breaching the security protocol.

“Ni sawa tu, wacha akuje, wacha akuje, wachana na yeye (It’s okay, let her come),” he said.

“Madam, kuja tu (just come),” the CS said as he beckoned to her.

The woman, donned in a black T-shirt branded ‘Justice for my son’ at the back, whispered into Murkomen’s ear.

The CS bent and listened keenly.

After a moment, Murkomen gestured to an official in the VIP tent and directed her to him, then said: “Nitashughulikia hiyo maneno sahi. Pole mama (I will look into the issue right now. Sorry mama).”

After days of incessant pleas, Brian’s family, an informant, and human rights groups led by Nakuru DCIO Samuel Ngeywa were Monday afternoon granted access to Lake Nakuru National Park on a search mission for his body.

The search followed a bold act by a KWS ranger to sneak an informant into the park, where he showed him several spots where victims of brutality are allegedly buried.

However, no bodies were found in any of the swallow graves, although there were signs that the sites had been disturbed days prior to the visit.

Haunted by the possibility that someone moved the bodies, detectives took soil samples from each of the alleged shallow graves for forensic analysis.

“Clearly, without a doubt, there was a hole there. Some activity had been going on there,” Rights activist Hussein Khalid said after the search.