It was Catherine Namuye, now Bruce Odhiambo. Is it suicide? Or Murder? Or Depression?
It was a sad morning for Kenyans on October 4, 2017 when news broke that a former Youth Enterprise Development Fund CEO Catherine Namuye was dead.
But even before Kenyans could get over it , another former Youth Enterprise and Development Fund board Chairman Bruce Odhiambo has been confirmed dead.
According to Nairobi police boss Japhet Koome ,Ms Namuye collapsed at 11am and died at her home in Kileleshwa in October 2017.
Mr Koome said neighbours called the police after they heard people screaming from Ms Namuye’s house .
Ms Nambuye was pronounced dead at the house by medics who arrived in the ambulance. Police suspect heart attack as the cause of the death.
Kenyans took to social media to express concern over the her death as she was the former youth fund boss who was been investigated over the loss of Ksh 180million.
Another one of our own Catherine Namuye passed on, now awaiting for Heart Attack post-mortem report to cover killer suspects in the NYS Saga
— JK Odongo® (@KellyOdongo) October 5, 2017
The corrupt cartels continue eliminating their pawns who helped them loot taxes. Catherine Namuye is gone. Next?
— Eric (@amerix) October 5, 2017
Ms Namuye and former Youth Enterprise Development Fund chairman Bruce Odhiambo have been charged with 12 counts of corruption in relation to the loss of Sh180 million of taxpayers’ money.
Ms Namuye and Mr Odhiambo were, in August 2016, alongside the directors of Quorandum Ltd, Mukuria Ngamau and Doreen Waithera, charged with the offences.
The Youth Fund officials were each released on a Sh5 million bond with an alternative cash bail of Sh2 million.
Cartels care less if you are human. Catherine Namuye made her own bed. Now she sleeps on it. Very sad. Read on pic.twitter.com/kP51r8DJk8
— Lord Abraham Mutai (@ItsMutai) October 6, 2017
The State also managed to recover just a third of the Sh180 million stolen from the Youth Enterprise Development Fund (YEDF) after it took ownership of a Sh48.5 million luxury five-bedroom apartment in Lavington, Nairobi.
High Court judge Hedwig Ong’undi also allowed the Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) to recover Sh8.8 million held in an account belonging to businessman Ezekiel Owuor.
Most of the Sh180 million stolen from the youth fund was used to purchase luxury homes, pay debts and line the pockets of powerful individuals, law firms and companies.
Mr Odhiambo who was also an accomplished music producer at Johari Clef had been admitted at the Nairobi Hospital’s ICU unit after suffering a massive heart attack last Saturday.
Odhiambo died on Tuesday morning at the Nairobi Hospital Intensive Care Unit after a long battle with cardiac ailments.
In 2018 October, Odhiambo went to India to replace his pacemaker that had been implanted under the skin to help manage irregular heartbeats.
He returned to Kenya in November but his body developed more complications that led to his admission to hospital.
Both suspects died of heart complicated ailments, Could there be foul play ?