‘’He was Not an LGBTQ Defender But a Pastor’’ Chiloba Family Claims!
Slain LGBTQ activist Edwin Chiloba PHOTO/Courtesy
Family of murdered LGBTQ activist Edwin Kiprotich Kiptoo, alias Chiloba, has asked Kenyans to stop consuming information being peddle online about their son
In an interview on Monday with NTV, his cousin Gaudencia Tanui said Edwin Chiloba was a God-loving man since his teenage years contrary to the picture of an immoral person being levelled against him
“He was a boy with vision. He was a church leader at Sergoit Primary School where he attended. At St Francis Kimuron he was even nicknamed pastor because he was a child of the church,” she said.
“Haya mambo ambayo tunasikia yakienea social media, wakenya wenzangu tafadhali, muache kueneza mambo ambayo hamuna ukweli na ambayo si ya ubinadamu. Tunaumia kama familia,” Gaudencia said.
(Those things we are hearing spreading on social media, Kenyans please, stop spreading information you are not sure about and which is not humane. We are suffering as a family)
Miss Tanui also dismissed claims that Chiloba was gay and dating Jackton odhiambo
“He was not. Those are things we are seeing on social media. He was a child of the church, he was baptised, he was a leader in YCS in high school. In university, he was a student leader. I don’t think anyone can elect someone who does those things,” she said.
So far, five suspects have been arrested and arraigned in court in connection with Chiloba’s murder, Jackton Odhiambo who confessed to being his lover.
Odhiambo also confessed to killing the fashion designer for allegedly cheating on him.
He told police in Eldoret that he murdered the male model as revenge for betraying him.
Odhiambo, who was arrested on Friday, said he had been living with Chiloba for a period of one year as husband and wife.
Chiloba was found murdered and his body was stuffed in a metal box and dumped at Hurlingham village near Kipkaren, in the outskirts of Eldoret on January 3.
A postmortem was slated for Monday as the family prepares for burial at Sergoit village in Elgeyo Marakwet County on Saturday, January 14.
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