An autopsy shows that a murdered Kenyan electoral official crucial to the running of elections next week was tortured then strangled.
Christopher Msando’s body was identified on Monday at a city morgue. He was in charge of running biometric readers and electronic transmission equipment meant to greatly reduce incidences of electoral fraud.
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Government pathologist Dr. Johansen Oduor said on Wednesday that strangulation was the cause of death. Msando also had been hit by a blunt object and had deep cuts on his right arm indicating torture.
Oduor says Msando’s trachea had collapsed, indicating that he may have been strangled using “bare hands.”
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Concerns are growing that Kenya’s election again could turn violent. A poll this week shows President Uhuru Kenyatta and top challenger Raila Odinga just 1 percentage point apart.
AFP
