{"id":341566,"date":"2017-08-02T19:09:44","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T19:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=341566"},"modified":"2017-08-02T19:09:44","modified_gmt":"2017-08-02T19:09:44","slug":"kenyan-election-official-chris-msando-tortured-to-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/kenyan-election-official-chris-msando-tortured-to-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenyan election official Chris Msando ‘tortured to death’"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Kenyan election official whose body was found earlier this week had been severely tortured and strangled to death, an autopsy has found.<\/p>\n
Chris Msando had deep scratches and cuts on his back and hands, the chief government pathologist said.<\/p>\n
Mr Msando was in charge of Kenya’s computerised voting system for next Tuesday’s presidential elections.<\/p>\n
His body was discovered\u00a0next to the corpse of a woman in a forest on the outskirts of Nairobi at the weekend.<\/p>\n
“There was no doubt that he was tortured and murdered,” Wafula Chebukati, chair of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
An autopsy on the body of the woman found alongside Mr Msando, thought to be that of his companion Carol Ngumbu, will take place on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The investigation is still ongoing, government spokesperson Eric Kiraithe confirmed, dismissing earlier reports that three suspects had been arrested.<\/p>\n