A post-morterm carried out on the body of businessman Francis Kiambi who was found dead at his home in Karen, on Monday, January 9, 2023, has revealed that he died of cardiac arrest.
Chief government pathologist Johansen Oduor said the cardiac arrest was caused by coronary artery disease due to excess cholesterol in his body.
Kiambi was found dead in his bedroom with some foam beside his bed.
At the time, the deceased’s wife told police that the couple had spent the previous night at Big Smoke Bar and Restaurant in Karen where they had a meeting and some drinks with a family advocate and a relative.
Muthoni disclosed that they had some domestic differences after she declined to be her husband’s guarantor in securing a Ksh2 billion loan he was seeking to start a business.
The couple returned home at around 9:00 pm and spent the night in separate bedrooms.
“They each spent the night in different rooms and the deceased never woke up since then but could be heard snoring throughout the day and night and had vomited in his bedroom,” the report read in part.
“It was until today at around 0600hrs when she went to check on the deceased and she found him lying dead on his bed with some vomit beside the bed,”
Police have since interrogated his close relative and the lawyer who was present at the entertainment joint with the deceased.
The officers who visited the scene said the body had no visible injuries.
The body of the deceased was moved to Lee Funeral home for preservation and autopsy to establish his cause of death.
The businessman had previously vied for the Tharaka Nithi County senatorial seat but was unsuccessful.
Matanka, as he was popularly known at his rural home in Tharaka Nithi, is credited for uplifting the economic status of his community by introducing and promoting watermelon and sorghum farming in the area.
In fact, the name Matanka is a local dialect name for watermelon, a fruit that Kiambi helped local farmers to turn into a source of steady profit.
“The watermelon and sorghum business changed our fortunes…we were able to build stone houses and pay school fees,” Bernard Murimi a resident in the area stated.
