The Muthaiga Gold Club has final responded to a viral dead claims.
In a statement seen by K47 digital news dated 11th 2023 May, by Kavit Bhakoo, who is the chairman of the club says they are aware of the social media trends on the killing of Emmanuel Omondi.
Mr Bhakoo asked Kenyans to disregard the alleged information as factual saying the club has a top notch standard, integrity and professionalism.
“Dear Members. We are aware of the recent social media trends regarding Muthaiga Golf Club.”
“We request members to disregard the same as they have no factual or legal basis. Muthaiga Golf Club maintains the highest standards of integrity and professionalism.”
The chairman has asked those who are concerned, to reach them out for questioning.
“We remain committed to providing exceptional services to our members and guests.If you have any concerns or questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to us.”
“We thank you for your continued patronage and support.”
According to a viral social media reports from Daily Nation, Emmanuel Omondi pursued a degree in Business Administration at the Cooperative University and Graduated last year.
In march this year, he received a job acceptance letter from a telecommunications company.
A night out with his friends to celebrate his new job would put an end to the euphoria after he went missing at 2am on April 1 at Hornbill club in 0ngata Rongai as a dead body was found later.
That night at the bar, friends say, trouble ensued between Emmanuel and other patrons after he fell and spilled the drinks of merrymakers at a nearby table.
A scuffle ensued forcing the bouncers to escort him out of the club and that was the last time his friends say they saw him.
According to reports gathered, the Father said that he had called Emmanuel and they spoke briefly.
Later, his daughter called him and asked if he had spoken to Emmanuel of which he agreed, and even gave her the time, but she said it couldn’t be because she had received a message that Emmanuel was missing.
“The daughter added that it was probably Emmanuel’s friends who had his phone and ID card.” A statement reads.
Emmanuel’s family are said to have rushed from their home in Eldoret to Nairobi to search for him, but they kept coming up against dead ends.
They tried to contact his friends, including those he was living with in Nairobi but couldn’t get enough information.
The father also wondered why they had put their phone numbers on the missing poster instead of his.
Besides, the father reiterated that he knew his son, and he does not drink, so the behaviour they described could not be him.
Nine days after Emmanuel went missing, his body was discovered in the septic tank of the Hornbill CIub, where Emmanuel was last seen.
The body was taken to City Mortuary where his relatives were called to make an identification.
“After looking at the body, I realised that it was not my son’s. His toes looked different and the body had a tattoo. My son had no tattoo. The clothes were also not what I knew my son to wear,” says the father.
However, Emmanuel’s girlfriend, who spoke on condition of anonymity, says she was with him on the day he disappeared and that his clothes matched those found on the body.
However, Emmanuel’s family insisted that the body was not their son’s and that they believed he was still alive.
However, police officers from Rongai Police Station, who have been handling the case since April 1, insisted that the family must give permission for a DNA test to be conducted to establish whether or not the body is Emmanuel’s.
The septic tank in question is usually kept locked by the management, adding to the mystery of who threw the body inside and why, and most importantly – who killed the man.
On Monday, 15 workers from the Hornbill club appeared in court over Emmanuel’s disappearance. They had been arrested on Friday. However, the magistrate said the 15 could not be remanded in custody until the identity of the body found at the club was established through DNA testing.
A toxicological analysis will be carried out instead to determine the cause of death.
“I have spoken to my family and told them to accept whatever the result is, even though we do not want to believe that our child is dead. His siblings are particularly affected, considering how close they are,” the father says according to reports.
DNA samples were also taken from Emmanuel’s father, Julius, and his mother. Detectives had to travel to Eldoret to collect the sample from the mother as she has been ill since receiving the news of her son’s disappearance and the body recovered from the club.
