One of the suspects in the death last week of prominent Kenyan LGBTQ rights campaigner Edwin Chiloba is his roommate with whom he is “believed to have been in (a) close relationship,” the police said on Monday.
Kenyan LGBT activist Edwin Chiloba poses for a selfie in Kakamega, Kenya published May 9, 2019 in this picture obtained from social media.Kenyan LGBT activist Edwin Chiloba poses for a selfie in Kakamega, Kenya published May 9, 2019 in this picture obtained from social media.
Chiloba’s body was found in a metal box after being dumped out of a vehicle. His death sent shockwaves through the LGBTQ community in Kenya, where homosexuality is taboo and gay sex is punishable by 14 years in prison, although that law is rarely enforced. It said Odhiambo and four other suspects “as per their statements, helped in moving, loading and probably dumping of the metallic box carrying the remains of the deceased from the vehicle”.The suspects were not represented by lawyers. Two of those arrested were minors, according to a source with direct knowledge of the case.
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