She was a human rights activist, a selfless woman who worked round the clock to promote justice in her community of Dandora.
Mwatha was a senior official at Dandora Community Social Justice Centre.
She had been documenting cases of forced disappearances and police extrajudicial killings, including the cold-blooded murder of six Dandora residents in October last year.
Her disappearance led to a lot of speculations with many people claiming that she was murdered, claims that were later confirmed when her lifeless body was found at City Mortuary.
A post-mortem examination carried out on her on Thursday showed that she died of excessive bleeding from a ruptured uterus after a botched abortion.
Independent Pathologist Peter Ndegwa said Thursday evening that Ms Mwatha had a male foetus of five to six months still inside her womb, but which is mutilated, one hand is missing and the skull badly injured.
“The uterus was perforated at the backside. There was an attempt to dismember the foetus because one hand was missing and part of the skull was injured,” Dr Ndegwa said.
However, the pathologist said that despite the post-mortem being conclusive, it is upon investigators to establish the circumstances under which she died.
He said it is upon them to establish if the abortion was done with or without her intention.
Speaking on behalf of human rights organisations, Mr Kamau Ngugi of Human Rights Defenders said, “We have been involved in this process, we are satisfied with the competency and independence that the police and members of the medical profession have displayed in carrying out the post-mortem examination.
Mr Ngugi added: ” We are grateful to the police service which under intense pressure that was generated by this episode have worked quickly and shown great levels of competency in investigating the death of Caroline.”
“Nothing takes away what Caroline used to do in the community. The outcome today is part of the investigation,” Mr Ngugi said.
Rest in Peace Caroline!!