Julia Njoki who died at Nanyuki Women's Prison. Photo: Courtesy.
Government pathologist Peter Ndegwa has requested for more time to do further tests on Julia Njoki, who allegedly died at Nanyuki Women’s Prison.
Njoki was transferred to the prison after she failed to raise KSh 50,000 cash bail for her release after she was arrested on the evening of Saba Saba protests as she headed home. Njoki was allegedly beaten by a police officer at Nanyuki, with claims of injuries cause of her death.
Speaking Ndegwa said that the deceased was bleeding in her brain, with the brain not showcasing any form of trauma, with discoveries of other failed body organs including the brain, the lungs, pancrease and liver, which he said he said could have contributed to her death.
“We have found somethings on the lungs, brain, pancrease and the liver, all of which can be a contributory. Specifically there is bleeding in the brain which doesn’t look traumatic, we need to look further to understand where the bleeding is coming from,” Ndegwa explained.
He further stated that the results are not showing any inflicted injury on the head, as they suspect that the bleeding might have come from somewhere. Ndegwa said that a compiled report from the surgeons who opened Njoki’s head to be availed for compilation of full cause of the death on July 28.
Ndegwa disclosed that Njoki’s other organs also had issues, and a report from the surgeons, will help form a conclusive report on the cause of her death, with today’s results not able to establish the cause of Njoki’s death.
“The surgeon’s opened the head, we need to see what they found, which we have not yet received. We hope we will have the documents when we meet in the next two weeks. We have seen things that we cannot come up with a conclusive cause of death. We require other tests in within two weeks and conclude the autopsy,” he confirmed.
Ndegwa who was in company of human rights activities the family urged them to remain calm until the tests are fully done to determine what killed Njoki.
“We are here on behalf of human rights to ensure that the autopsy is conducted in transparency. As earlier said, and fight for justice continues, let us all remain patient until the results are given out on the mentioned date,” he said.
Similar sentiments were echoed by Njoki’s grandmother who represented the family as the autopsy was being carried out, she urged members of the public to remain calm.
The request comes days after residents of Likii slums held protests in Nanyuki Town, demanding justice for Njoki and arrest of the DCI officer implicated in beating and torturing Njoki to her death.
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