This archive report was first published on 27 November 2019.
On September 3, 2019, a case involving missing organs of the late Benedict Karau was ongoing at the Meru Law Courts. Former Chief Pathologist Moses Njue was implicated in the case.
John Mutegi, a mortuary attendant, testified that Moses Njue packed and walked away with a heart specimen during a postmortem on the body of Benedict Karau. The postmortem was performed by Dr Njue and Meru Level 5 Hospital pathologist Scholastica Kimani at Consolata Hospital Nkubu.
According to Mutegi, Dr Kimani conducted the postmortem and removed specimens for toxicology and histology. The mortuary attendant helped Dr Kimani seal the samples in four containers, which were then given to a police officer to take to the Government Chemist.
When questioned about the remaining part of the heart, Mutegi claimed he had witnessed Njue place it in a polythene bag and walk out with it. However, he was at pains to explain the origin of the polythene bag that was used to wrap the heart.
On November 27, 2019, The Standard reported this story.
