Kenya to lay murder charge over killing of LGBTQ activist
31/01/2023
by Agence France-Presse
31-01-2023 10:46
in LGBTQIA
Kenya to lay murder charge over killing of LGBTQ activist.
Image from Twitter by Stefan Simanowitz
Kenyan prosecutors said Tuesday they will charge a key suspect with murder over the killing of a prominent LGBTQ campaigner whose body was found dumped in a metal box on a roadside.
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The brutal death in early January of Edwin Kiprotich Kipruto, popularly known as Edwin Chiloba, has drawn condemnation and calls for justice from friends and rights groups in Kenya and abroad.
Jacktone Odhiambo, a freelance photographer said to be a lover of the victim, appeared in court in the Rift Valley town of Eldoret along with four other suspects, who were freed after police said they were not linked to the killing.
ALSO READ: Edwin Chiloba murder: LGBTQ community afraid to report IPV
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Following our investigation we have established that four of the suspects are not linked to the murder. However, the first suspect, Jacktone Odhiambo, will be charged with murder, state counsel Anthony Fedha told the court, the Daily Nation newspaper reported.
The chief government pathologist Johansen Oduor said earlier this month that Chiloba, a 25-year-old model and fashion designer, had been smothered to death.
He said after a post-mortem that a piece of denim had been tied around Chiloba's mouth and nose and that socks had also been stuffed into his mouth.
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ALSO READ: Kenyan LGBTQ activist laid to rest amid calls for justice
His body was discovered about 40 kilometres (25 miles) outside Eldoret after it was reportedly dumped from a moving car.
Murder speculations The killing was initially suspected to have been a hate crime, as members of Kenya's LGBTQ community have faced harassment and physical attacks in the predominantly conservative Christian nation.
Chiloba was targeted by online abuse even after his death, which has prompted calls from rights campaigners for heightened efforts to protect members of the LGBTQ community.
ALSO READ: Pope Francis calls for Catholic Church to oppose anti-gay laws
Homosexuality is taboo in Kenya and across much of Africa.
Despite attempts to overturn British colonial-era laws banning homosexuality in Kenya, gay sex remains a crime with penalties including prison terms of up to 14 years.
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