No, the body of the missing IEBC returning officer has been found dead in Kajiado. - iVerify Kenya

No, the body of the missing IEBC returning officer has been found dead in Kajiado.

Misleading

The information circulating on twitter on the missing IEBC returning officer, media reports indicate that the family members have positively identified the body of their kin.

The body of the missing Embakasi East Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) returning officer Daniel Mbolu Musyoka was found in Kajiado County and not in Nandi hills as claimed.

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Verified Aug, 16 2022

Claim

IEBC’s Embakasi East Returning officer who disappeared has been found murdered around Nandi Hills.

Rating Justification

The iVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks has fact- checked this content and established that it is false. Contrary to claims that his body was found in Nandi Hills, his body was found in Kajiado. To arrive to this conclusion the iVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks has conducted the following process, we talked to Citizen TV reporter based in Kajiado and he confirmed that the missing IEBC returning officer is dead and the family has identified the body, they are waiting for more details from the police. We further talked to OCPD Loitokitok sub county who confirmed the body of the missing Embakasi East IEBC returning officer has been found and it was positively identified by his sisters.

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