This archive report was first published on 8 November 2019.
Former government pathologist Moses Njue has been at the center of a heated organ theft trial, with claims of conspiracy and malpractice. On November 8, 2019, Njue testified at an inquest into the death of a former Meru administration chief who died under mysterious circumstances in 2015.
According to Njue, he was hired by Martha Gakou, the youngest widow of the deceased, to represent the family during a post-mortem examination at the Consolata Nkubu Mission Hospital mortuary. Njue claimed that he and Meru County pathologist Scholastica Kimani conducted the post-mortem on March 12, 2015, and found minor superficial injuries on the face and an old scar on the chest.
However, Njue denied Kimani's earlier testimony that he was the one who took samples of the urine, stomach, heart, and kidney for further tests. Njue claimed that a second post-mortem on the body was conducted five months later at the Meru Funeral Home on August 18, 2015, after one family member got exhumation orders.
The hearing continues on January 23, with Njue claiming that the allegations against him are part of a conspiracy to bring him down.
