Edwin Chiloba’s body was discovered on Wednesday on a road in Uasin Gishu County, in the country’s west.
Police are investigating and say a motorcycle taxi operator reported seeing the box being dumped by a vehicle with no license plates.Officers who opened the box found the decomposing body of Chiloba.His remains were taken to the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital to establish a cause of death.“We don’t know for now why he was killed that way. Experts are handling the matter,” she said.
Chiloba was a known LGBT activist and had been attacked and assaulted for his activism, his friend Denis Nzioka tweeted. "So, my movement is for everyone. It's about inclusion. And if I am going to fight what I have been marginalized for, I am going to fight for all marginalized people." Edwin Chiloba, Instagram post, 16/12/22— DENIS NZIOKA January 5, 2023
LGBT people living in Kenya have often decried discrimination and attacks in a country where sex between men is illegal. Kenya is largely a conservative society and the president has in the past said gay rights are a non-issue in the east African country.
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