Only
days after the sudden and shocking demise of Senator Mutula Kilonzo,
a seasoned lawyer turned politician who was not afraid to speak his
mind however controversial the issue at hand was, and theories have
begun precipitating left right and center, ranging from the mundane
to the bizarre.
As
the disturbing facts finally sink into our minds, many tongues have
been left wagging, some pointing out that the good old lawyer might
have committed suicide, others insinuating that food poisoning could
have been at play; while still others believe it is just another
political assassination.
Puzzled
many
Perhaps
explaining the reason why there have been calls for a probe into his
death which puzzled many.
In
a country where political assassinations have been part of our
history, it becomes increasingly unbelievable that the high and
mighty, and the politicians and the who is whos, and the “Top
Honchos” in the society can actually meet their creator following
natural death or old age or even failing health.
Sadly,
only the poor, the “Riff Raff of society” die of natural causes.
As
we console the bereaved and mourn the dead, we must be alive to the
fact that anything could have been a cause of his death, including
but not limited to natural causes.
A
year ago, Kenyans witnessed yet another demise of a prominent
politician, the late professor George Saitoti who was until his
death, a cabinet minister.
Hon
Saitoti died in unclear circumstances after his chopper caught fire
and killed all the passengers.
His
death has never been satisfactorily demystified, and a commission
probing the death pointed to human error.
Such
grim statistics raise questions over the deaths of any other
politician.
Fast
forward to 2013 and another cabinet minister bites the dust.
This
time a controversial, intelligent and brilliant senator, barely a
month into office.
According
to a political journalist who interviewed him, Mr Kilonzo is said to
have intimated that he had an explosive piece of information that
could have shaken the whole country, but could reveal it at the right
time.
But
that was too late, death caught up with him before he could divulge
his little secret.
The
script changes
According
to evidence pieced together by witnesses, Hon Mutula kilonzo ate his
favorite meal of roast meat Friday evening at his farm house in
Maanzoni, just a few kilometers outside Nairobi.
It
was after he retired to bed when he passed on in his sleep, but not
before vomiting in his sink.
“Mr
Kilonzo was found dead in bed yesterday at around 11 am by is
workers,” reported the Daily Nation.
Police
and medical investigators thronged the home of Mr Kilonzo shortly
after he was pronounced dead.
In
sharp contrast to Hon Saitoti’s death in the thick of Ngong forest,
police rushed to the scene but could not seal off the area, something
that commissioners investigating his death said could have been a
plot to compromise and tamper with evidence.
So,
just a curious question, what were a whole contingent of police doing
in Hon kilonzo,s home shortly after his death?
Medical
forensic experts and the Criminal Investigations Department could
have ably probed the matter.
We
just wish that if anything else rather than natural death will be
disclosed as a cause of death, we will not hear a situation where
evidence could have been compromised as with the Saitoti case, which
an investigative journalist concluded was a political assassination.
Perhaps
this is the reason why denizens are refusing to believe that their
beloved politician succumbed to failing health, or as the media
suggested cardiac arrest.
Cardiac
arrest has been confirmed as the single largest killer of humans in
the USA.
As
the government pathologist performs a post mortem of the late Kilonzo
today, Thousands of Kenyans will be watching, to either give life to
their myriad of reasons why he died, of dismiss them altogether.
And
finally, as we wait anxiously to know the cause of his death, we pray
that Mr kilonzo died of natural causes and that the truth will be
revealed to all and sundry.
That
said, death has robbed the country a revolutionary leader, who will
be remembered for his firm stand for what was right, even when
everyone else thought otherwise.
May
his soul rest in eternal peace.