Eldoret:High Court adjourns the hearing of Chiloba’s murder case!
-The late Chiloba was a fourth year student at the University of
Eldoret main campus-

Edwin Kiptoo Alias Chiloba whose lifeless body was found stashed in a metal Box in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County ,Chiloba was an LGBTQ activist and a fashion designer/File Photo
The High Court in Eldoret has today adjourned the hearing of a case
against the prime suspect in the gruesome killing of LGBTQ activist
Edwin Kipruto alias Chiloba.
This was after it emerged that the Presiding Judge of the High court,
Justice Reuben Nyakundi who has been handling the matter was not
present in court since he is bereaved.
Twenty witnesses among them three high school students, a caretaker of the
building where the deceased used to stay, and a taxi driver had been
lined up to testify against the main suspect Jacktone Odhiambo.
The late Chiloba was a fourth year student at the University of
Eldoret main campus, pursuing a degree course in Apparel Fashion and
design.
The accused person, who is being held at Eldoret GK remand prison
since his arrest, has denied that he killed Chiloba between December
31, 2022 and January 3, 2023.
Odhiambo, according to the charge sheet, allegedly committed the
criminal offence at Noble Breeze apartment in Chebisas area in Moiben
sub county, Uasin Gishu County.
Last February, the court freed four suspects among them a bodybuilder
Dennis Litali, linked to the killing of Chiloba after the prosecution
said that it had no evidence to charge them following 21 days of
investigations that had been granted by the court.
The slain LGBTQ activist’s body was found in a metal box along the
Kipkenyo-Kaptinga road in Kapseret sub county in Uasin Gishu County on
January 3.
An autopsy that was conducted on the body of the deceased by a
government pathologist showed that he died of asphyxiation ( lack of
oxygen).
His death attracted global interest due to the country’s stance on gay rights.
The case will now be heard on July 20th and August 3rd and 4th respectively.