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By Chris Mgidu NAIROBI (Xinhua) --
Kenyan police on Thursday arrested a 17-year-old girl, the
latest suspect over the murder of the head of ICT at the
Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).
The body of Chris
Msando was found in a forest in the outskirts of Nairobi hours
after he had gone missing on July 28. An autopsy results showed
that Msando was tortured and then strangled to death.
The police said the
girl’s phone was allegedly used to send threatening messages to
the late Msando. The messages were sent in June, a month before
he was killed.
The police said the
girl was arrested in Migori County of Western Kenya on Wednesday
and later brought to Nairobi.
Msando had in
December 2016 complained of receiving threatening messages on
his mobile phone and reported the matter to police.
The latest arrest
brings the number of suspects in police custody to three over
the July 28 murder of Msando and a 21-year-old woman Maryanne
Ngumbu whose bodies were found dumped in a forest in Muguga.
Msando was
responsible for the entire body of electoral data that is the
basis of the August election, including the Kenya Integrated
Election Management System (KIEMS).
That includes voter
identity verification, results transmission and the entire
electronic tallying process. |
