Nyakundi has shared shocking details on X about the ongoing court battle involving Lee Funeral Home and the disappearance of the heart of former Nairobi Provincial Police Chief Timothy Mwandi Muumbo.
The funeral home’s staff, mortuary assistant Achochi Ongori and mortician Paul Chege, have strongly denied any involvement in the missing organ. This comes after Muumbo’s children, Johnstone Kassim, Alex Munyasa, and Carolyn Muumbo, filed a lawsuit against the funeral home, former government pathologist Moses Njue, and others, accusing them of foul play.
The case dates back to June 2, 2015, when Muumbo, aged 87, was rushed to Nairobi Hospital and later pronounced dead. His body was taken to Lee Funeral Home for preservation, but his family suspects something went wrong.
Despite an official report stating that he died of a heart attack, his children believe he may have been poisoned. They are now questioning how their father’s heart disappeared and why they were not informed when it was taken for further examination.
Ongori and Chege have defended themselves, stating that the heart was handed over to Dr. Njue on June 25, 2015, for further analysis.
Ongori explained that it is common practice for doctors to take organs for examination without notifying the family to avoid delaying funeral arrangements. Chege also confirmed that he personally sealed the heart in a polythene bag and refrigerated it before it was handed over.
However, things took a strange turn when he later received a call informing him that the organ was missing during a second postmortem.
The disappearance of the heart has caused an uproar, with Muumbo’s children demanding answers. They want to know who took it, where it went, and why their family was kept in the dark. Chege testified that Dr. Njue initially had no memory of taking the heart but later suggested that it may have been sent to his school in Thika for further analysis.
This revelation has only added more confusion to the case, raising serious concerns about how postmortems and organ handling are conducted in Kenya.
Despite the acquittal of Dr. Njue and his son in a criminal trial, the constitutional case against them and Lee Funeral Home is still ongoing. The family refuses to back down, insisting that they need closure on what really happened to their father’s heart.
The case has dragged on for years, leaving many wondering whether justice will ever be served. The next hearing is scheduled for July 22, and all eyes are now on the court to see if new revelations will finally shed light on this bizarre and unsettling mystery.
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