Kenyan LGBTQ activist's roommate suspected in his death, police say

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One of the suspects in the death last week of prominent Kenyan LGBTQ rights campaigner Edwin Chiloba is his roommate, police said, as five men in connection to the murder appeared in court

Kenyan LGBT activist Edwin Chiloba poses for a selfie in Kakamega, Kenya published May 9, 2019 in this picture obtained from social media. Courtesy of Edwin Chiloba via Facebook/via REUTERS

A police affidavit released by a court in Chiloba's hometown of Eldoret on Monday said he is believed to have died in the home he shared with one of the suspects, Jacktone Odhiambo. A coalition of rights groups including Amnesty International Kenya commended the police on Monday for their swift investigation.

 

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There is nothing like LGBT in Africa man are men and women stay women ...If you are a gay God will punish you

Most stories I have read on Edwin's death have inuendos of LGBTQ-hatred-murder. Couldn't it be that Jacktone & Edwin had a domestic fight & Edwin was murdered in the process far from his orientation? We've similar GBV murders without orientation being a factor.

Say husband. Not roommate.

Pple are killed every day bt gays is where you draw the line eem

Good hope they get life

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