Pathologists said an autopsy carried out on the body of Fidel Odinga on Tuesday was unable to determine what killed him.
The government and family pathologists said that the first rounds of tests were unsuccessful saying that they will embark on a second round of tests Fidel Odinga who was the eldest son of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga passed was found dead at his Karen home Sunday morning.
The inconclusive results after examination of the body of Fidel Odinga by government and family pathologists at Lee Funeral Home from 7.30am to7pm, when a briefing was made, will prolong the agony of family and friends.
The postmortem was done by Dr DorothyNjeru, the lead government pathologist, in collaboration with family pathologists Dr Emily Rogena and Dr Bessie Byakika. The Chief Government Pathologist Johannsen Oduor supervised the exercise.
“We carried out the postmortem in two parts: body examination and body dissection. However we were unable to come up with the cause of death. We will now proceed to laboratory analysis to try and analyse the samples collected and the process begins now. Once we conclude we will give a comprehensive report,” Dr Njeru explained.
Rogena added: “We are in complete agreement with my colleague that it was completely impossible to determine the cause of death. We undertook an examination of several samples collected.”
Rogena explained they had carried out toxicology and histology examinations but could not determine the cause of death. “We call this examination toxicology and histology in the scientific language. We have taken a number of samples to establish cause of death. As of now, we have agreed nothing tangible was found in the body of Fidel Odinga to explain cause of death,” added Dr Rogena.
Journalists had earlier on Tuesday camped at the Lee Funeral Home awaiting a verdict on the cause of death of Fidel Odinga, however, the results were not made public until the statement later in the evening.
At around 11 00 am, the sister to the former Prime Minister Ruth Odinga who is also the Deputy Governor of Kisumu County arrived at the Lee Funeral Home accompanied by some friends. She later left the venue after a few minutes.
