The family Augustine Salaton, son to former Minister, Julius Sunkuli, carried out a three-hour autopsy on the late Salaton on Thursday at Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital Mortuary.
Post mortem reports revealed that Mr Salaton was tortured and hit with a blunt object at the back of his head before he was run over by a vehicle, causing his death.
Family spokesperson Andrew Sunkuli noted that his assailants had gone the extra mile to try and cover up the murder. “The postmortem results are an indication that my nephew Salaton was killed by people we do not know by who and for what reasons.” he said.
Salaton’s body was found dumped at a parking lot in Kilgoris, Narok County after being reported missing for two weeks by his family.
Former Minister, Julius Sunkuli and his brother Charles Sunkuli, who is the Environment Principal secretary, demanded the police to launch investigations into the matter.
as much as we hate his father waliuwa huyo kijana vibaya . but nashuku its Sunkulis crooked/underhand deals that made those saitans do that lazima alirusha mtu pesa . as a principal secretary the brother yafaa awache kuongea mingi
When wananchi ask politicians to push for the police to pull up their socks they ignore those pleas until one of their own is a victim of criminals, the work of the police ends when they deposit the body at the morgue, they have no time for investigations!
They was a top detective in the Kenyatta regime, whenever you dig on JM kariuki saga, the man’s name usually pops up in the periphery.
After the 92 election, a good number of his sons were eliminated, by the bullet. I don’t see the point of torturing an innocent man because of differences that you had with the dad.
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[SIZE=6]Minister Sunkuli denies rape accusations[/SIZE] TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 7 1999
By HANNAH GAKUO
A Minister of State in the Office of the President, Julius ole Sunkuli yesterday denied allegations that he raped two teenage girls. He said claims by the Federation of Women Lawyers earlier yesterday were mere propaganda aimed at undermining him politically.
Mr Sunkuli claimed that the Fida officials were working with two politicians from his Transmara home district.
The minister said it was difficult to believe that the parents of two girls allegedly molested may have refused to report the incidents which Fida says occurred four years ago.
Mr Sunkuli claimed that Fida officials had confined two girls promising them financial rewards if they “confessed” to having been raped by him. The girls, Mr Sunkuli said, were rescued by their parents from Fida captivity and could be reached in Transmara for interviews.
Earlier, Fida officials speaking at a press conference at their offices in Nairobi accused the minister of raping two teenage girls.
Fida said the Kilgoris MP committed the acts between 1993 and 1996. He is alleged to have raped the first girl in his official car and the second one in his office.
The girls were 13 and 15 when they were allegedly raped. Their homes are also in Transmara District.
Fida chairperson Martha Koome said Mr Sunkuli was obstructing justice by interfering with their private investigations.
She also accused Mr Sunkuli of using police to intimidate the girls and their mothers to avoid facing the law.
Ms Koome said Mr Scaver Mbogho, the area criminal investigations officer at Kilimani, Nairobi, visited a Fida staffer’s home on September 5 in the company of several policemen, the Kilgoris chief, Mr John ole Rumpe, and the victims’ mothers. The policemen slapped the son of the staffer who was hosting the girls and their children, Ms Koome said.
She said Mr Mbogho then claimed that he had received complaints from the girls’ mothers that they did not know where their daughters were and that he was assisting them trace the girls.
Ms Koome said the Fida staffer was housing the girls with the full knowledge of their parents and that the police must have threatened the victims’ parents.
She said that after the incident, the girls and their parents told Fida officials that they did not want any assistance from the organisation and that they were terminating any affiliation with the organisation.
Ms Koome said the organisation was not sorry for exposing Mr Sunkuli. “The public needs to know some rotten elements who think that because they are ministers, they can break the law and get away with it.”
On July 29, a 16-year-old girl gave a moving testimony at a women’s court meeting in Gigiri, Nairobi, on how a Cabinet Minister from Transmara District had raped her and made her pregnant.
On August 30, 1999 the second girl went to Fida offices claiming that Mr Sunkuli had raped her when she was 15 years and made her pregnant, too.
Ms Koome alleged Mr Sunkuli admitted the accusations the 16-year-old girl made including making her pregnant when Fida wrote to him about the matter. He however denied that she was a minor at the time of the incident.
Ms Koome said medical tests carried out on the 16-year-old girl revealed that she was a minor at the time of the rape.
She said Fida had an agreement with Mr Sunkuli and his lawyer to have private proceedings in the matter, but his decision to use police to intimidate the victims and their mothers had resulted in Fida having to name him publicly.
Ms Koome called on the Attorney-General to come to the aid of the girls adding that there was no way Fida could assist the girls since the matter was in the hands of the police