We won’t give up until Justice is done on the murder of Journalist, say two MPs

                               

 The casket bearing the remains of slain Journalist Eric Oloo.Two MPs have vowed to pursue justice following his murder two weeks ago.He was buried yesterday in Ugunja constituency-Photo By Dickson Odhiambo

 By Dickson Odhiambo

December 1, 2019

We won’t give up until Justice is done on the murder of Journalist, say two MPs

TWO Members of Parliament have vowed not to give up until justice is done on the brutal murder of Siaya County Based Journalist Eric Oloo.

The duo, Opiyo Wandayi of Ugunja constituency and his Ugenya counterpart Dave Ochieng have said they will pursue the matter to its conclusion so as to ensure that justice is done to the family following the gruesome murder of Journalist Oloo who was a Correspondent with The Star Newspaper.

Addressing the mourners during the burial ceremony of the slain journalist in Ugunja constituency, the two legislators want the police to speed up investigations into the matter and arraign more suspects in court where they should be charged with murder.

Ugenya Member of Parliament Dave Ochieng has described the slain journalist as a serious writer who loved his work as a scribe hence his murder should not go unresolved.

Ochieng says together with his Ugunja counterpart Opiyo Wandayi, they are closely monitoring the unfolding events following the matter and must ensure that justice is surely done.

“We are closely monitoring how the police, court and any other body behave in this matter and I can assure you that as a lawyer I will pursue this matter to its conclusion to ensure that those who participated in the murder go to jail,” Ochieng says.

Ochieng says as a lawyer he will represent the family in this matter if there will be no lawyer to do so and ensure that justice is not only done but also seen to be done.

Ugunja Member of Parliament Opiyo Wandayi says the media fraternity in the country has lost a prolific journalist who was an all-round scribe.

Wandayi says he will pursue this matter with the office of the Director of Criminal Investigations George Kinoti on Monday.

He says postmortem has confirmed that the slain journalist was killed hence it is the duty of the police to ensure that his killers are brought to book and face the law.

“It is not right for a citizen of this country to get killed in the house of a senior police officer who is supposed to be protecting the citizens,” Wandayi says.

He assured the residents of Ugunja constituency where Oloo comes from that he will surely follow up the matter.

The slain Journalist Eric Oloo was found murdered in a house of a senior police officer within Ugunja town nearly two weeks ago.

So far two suspects who are brothers have been arrested in connection to the murder as police still continue with investigation into the matter.

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