Reading the two leading newspapers, one is left wondering if information
disseminated regarding Hon Mutula’s death and subsequent investigations is free
of influence or geared towards a certain projected outcome; whereas the
Standard Group has somehow consistently either directly or indirectly signaled
that Hon. Mutula’s death was premeditated murder, the Nation Media is on
the other hand is trying hard to sink the Viagra theory rather indirectly.
Picture this;
……..Standard Group’s Kenya Television Network (KTN ) reveals that traces of
poison were found on Hon. Mutula Kilonzo’s liver during the autopsy. Family
sources and a doctor involved in the investigations hinted that tests for
lethal poisons are being…...
KTN also announced in a news bulletin that the
government team that was involved in the autopsy has refused to send his body
samples to the UK for analysis.
“A team of seven
pathologists among them a Briton who was hired to perform the autopsy took 52
samples for an independent analysis but the government pathologists have
withheld them” KTN reported.
“No sample will be taken
out of the country as all the samples collected can be analysed locally,”
Government pathologist Johansen Oduor. KTN continued in its news
reports.
Nation Media
on the hand has this piece with a title “Mystery fifth person in Mutula’s death probe ” in between the lines they suggest that a Woman may have been in the
house with Hon. Mutula, that the late Senator was by the swimming pool around
7am and most probably he died around 9am after having some nice time at the
pool, they go a head to reveal/allege that the autopsy report is ready BUT the
family is embarrassed to release it –
“Another officer said the
postmortem examination findings did not leave any room for conjecture in
establishing the cause of death, but it had been agreed that the decision to
release the report should be left to the family.”
The Nation
continues to report/spin “Multiple sources — who cannot be named because
they are not allowed to speak on behalf of the family — say that the
preliminary findings from the postmortem examination were unlikely to change
significantly when the final report is prepared”
“Further
reports have showed that an unlabelled bottle containing pills was among
samples taken from Mr Kilonzo’s bedroom by detectives after the death was
reported”. the Nation reported.
“According to the new reports, the Senator had woken up early and spent
about 30 minutes at the swimming pool within the compound of his palatial home.
At that time, the visitor was in the house” the Nation continues
.
The Nation in yet another very direct pro Viagra theory piece with
title “Money, land and power: The secret life of Mutula” in this article the writer even goes further to lay
ground for the Viagra theory, a leading paragraph that captures the body of the
article is this
“He lived a life of grandeur, maintained expensive tastes
— like top-of-the-range cars — and had a lasting love for things rustic. Many
of his close friends could not disguise the fact that he loved the good life
and had a soft spot for members of the opposite sex.”
In the subsequent paragraphs the writer continues to reveal even more of
the pro Viagra theory
.…”It was a special place. And perhaps in estimation of this, Mr
Kilonzo’s Valhalla home was largely out of bounds for the rest of his family”
“It was his hideaway. Not even his wife and children went there. It was
his retreat where he spent weekends and rested, away from the rest the world,”
said the friend.
Back to the Standard, they continued with murder theory/poison
spin-though by Sunday the momentum seem to run out, they have this piece titled
”Mutula death raises hard questions on autopsy in Kenya “ the piece questions the local medical standards on
autopsy and tries to paint the government pathologist as unreliable going by past
experience- this perhaps in anticipation the a Viagra overdose will be the
outcome of the autopsy hence we the readers should treat it as a cover up!
…”He points out accurate autopsy investigations would enable crime
investigators formulate theories on whether Mutula’s death was an outcome of
suicide or homicide. In either case, the investigators would want to establish
the motive and the opportunity to execute the motive. Pathologists on Wednesday
said that the results of the autopsy would be withheld for eight to ten weeks
until the Government Chemist completes toxicology reports on over 100 samples,
52 of them collected from Mutula’s body”.
Well, with all these contradicting pieces one wonders which theory to
believe, the two leading media houses are reporting on the same story,
interviewing same people BUT report factually different information, readers
are left to speculate on the intention of the writers- either cover up or just
laying ground for another weekend investigative thriller JICHO PEVU
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