Police in Keiyo South Sub County are set to exhume a body believed to be that of the former Kerio Valley Development Authority (KVDA) boss Silvanos Tubei, who went missing 12 years ago.
A court order from the Iten magistrate’s court was obtained by police officers in Keiyo South Sub-County, Elgeyo Marakwet, to exhume Tubei’s remains from his Chepkurmum farm, where they were discovered over the weekend.
The discovery of the remains happened when children sent to collect firewood noticed a blanket buried in the area where Tubei’s body might not have been discovered. Upon pulling the buried blanket, an odor struck them, and a human skull was found, prompting them to alert a gardener on the property.
Two of Tubei’s children with his deceased first wife had moved abroad, while the second wife and her child disappeared after being acquitted by the courts. Officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) will take the remains for DNA testing to confirm if it is indeed Tubei.
If the DNA results identify the remains as those of the former KVDA chief, it could reopen a case dismissed by the courts due to lack of evidence, resulting in his estranged wife and another suspect being set free. The estranged wife was arrested after being found in possession of Tubei’s cell phone.
When reported missing 12 years ago, family sources informed the media and police that Tubei disappeared from his home at 10 am on the morning of September 26 and was never seen again. The discovery of clothing matching what Tubei was wearing when he went missing has raised questions for detectives investigating how a man reported missing ended up buried on his farm wrapped in a blanket.
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