{"id":6113,"date":"2025-02-06T17:12:44","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T14:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?p=6113"},"modified":"2025-02-06T17:13:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T14:13:10","slug":"family-of-the-late-malaba-ocs-now-demand-postmortem-over-his-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?p=6113","title":{"rendered":"Family Of The Late Malaba OCS Now Demand Postmortem Over His Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The family of the late Malaba Deputy Officer Commanding Station, Tobias Murunga Masake, has ruled that there are glaring gaps surrounding the death of their son in a road accident.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6090\" src=\"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG-20250204-WA0037-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG-20250204-WA0037-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG-20250204-WA0037.jpg 612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Inspector Murunga lost his life on Monday after his motorcycle was involved in an accident, at Ketebat area along Malaba- Akichelesit- Angurai road.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Mr Mogoria said the death of one of their family members had left them with questions, noting that they raised of them with the OCPD and his team.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6112\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6112\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6112\" src=\"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG-20250206-WA0048-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG-20250206-WA0048-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG-20250206-WA0048-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG-20250206-WA0048-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG-20250206-WA0048-696x697.jpg 696w, https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG-20250206-WA0048.jpg 959w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6112\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel Mogoria, spokesman for the family of Malaba Deputy OCS Tobias Murunga Masake.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;While we are happy with what the police deed following Murunga&#8217;s death. What we are raising is the response and handling of the body right from the accident scene to Kocholia Sub County Hospital to the LifeCare morgue,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added:&#8221; For this to give peace to the wife, children and the rest of the family and friends, we are seeking for a postmortem to establish the cause of his death, &#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Then after the postmortem, either our fears will be laid aside or we shall decide what action to take,&#8221; Mr Mogoria said.<\/p>\n<p>The death of Malaba Deputy OCS earned the wrath of Boda Boda riders who accused Kenya National Highway Authority ( KeNHA) over its failure to maintain the Angurai-Malaba- Busia road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The family of the late Malaba Deputy Officer Commanding Station, Tobias Murunga Masake, has ruled that there are glaring gaps surrounding the death of their son in a road accident. 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