Eric Omondi skeptical about how Fred Omondi died

Eric Omondi casts doubt on the circumstances surrounding the death of his brother Fred Omondi, saying "It doesn't add up."

Activist Eric Omondi has come out to clarify why he decided to join protests against the 2024 Finance Bill despite being in mourning for his brother, Fred Omondi.

Speaking last weekend as he prepared to travel back to his village from Nairobi, Omondi appeared skeptical about the complex circumstances in which his younger brother met his death.

Omondi suggested that there might be foul play involved in his brother's death, questioning how it could have been a mere accident for his brother to die while the motorcycle rider escaped death.

"Some people have been upset with me mourning my brother's death, asking why I came out to protest. There's a theory; this is the week of the finance bill, and everyone knows I am leading the fight against this bill. So how is it that the week the bill is being passed, my brother dies?" Omondi queried.

"And if my brother was carried on a motorcycle, where is this person? We went and saw the motorcycle; it's true the accident was severe, we even saw blood there, but supposedly, the rider is nowhere to be found. That impact! Supposedly, he ran away... that's why I went out to protest because I sleep and wake up seeing this might have been the truth or another theory," he added.

However, Eric also stressed that he did not want to delve too deeply into speculating the cause of his brother's death, saying that the truth sometimes takes time, even more than a year.

"Nevertheless, I don't want to speculate because I have lost my brother. These are life's realities; you may find out the truth after a year. But also about this theory, if they thought they would get me off the rails to fight against this bill and we lost Fred, then it won't be in vain that we lost Fred. Why did we lose him, that's why I mounted a horse and went to parliament," he said.

Regarding rumours about the death of the motorcycle rider a few days after the accident, Eric said it's just hearsay he's hearing and he hasn't found anyone to direct him to his family or know the morgue where his body is being kept.

"We know Fred is at Chiromo; if he died, where is he? Because some say he ran away. And that accident happened around 6 am at sunrise; no one recorded that video to go viral just because he's a celeb?" Omondi continued to raise issues to a point of urgency.