This archive report was first published on 24 December 2019.
On December 24, 2019, a post-mortem examination on Judge Otieno Odek revealed that the 56-year-old died from a blood clot.
According to Chief Government Pathologist Johansen Oduor, Judge Odek suffered a blood clot on his right leg, which blocked blood from flowing into his lungs.
"As a result of this, the heart got choked which led to his silent death," Dr Oduor explained at the Aga Khan Hospital in Kisumu.
Dr Oduor ruled out claims that the judge died after ingesting a drug, stating that the judge was prone to pulmonary embolism due to his job's prolonged sittings and lack of exercise.
The post-mortem report will be handed over to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations for further investigations.
