Body found floating on Lake Nakuru identified
Justus Porokor alias Omolo, whose body was found in Lake Nakuru on February 19, 2025.
The body of a man found floating on Lake Nakuru on Wednesday has been identified.
The body, which is at Kwa Jack mortuary, has been identified by relatives as that of Justus Porokor.
According to Samuel Porokor, Justus' brother, the family had received reports from neighbours at around five in the evening that a body had been found in the lake and taken to the mortuary.
Kwa Jack Morgue where Justus Porokor's body was taken.
The 29-year-old fisherman, who lived in Naivasha, had visited home four days earlier with his wife and three-year-old child.
"Justus has been fishing for a long time. He moved to Nakuru two years ago and we'd heard that the fish in Lake Naivasha had dwindled, so he decided to move to try fishing in Lake Nakuru," Mr Samuel says.
Although the deceased was a skilled fisherman, his family had advised him to find another job because of the dangers associated with fishing in Lake Nakuru.
Samuel Porokor, the brother to the deceased while addressing the media on February 20, 2025 outside Kwa Jack morgue.
"We suspect foul play. As a family, we've been forced to accept what has happened, but all we want is justice. For those who say this is Brian, unfortunately it's not," says Mr Porkor, trying to express his grief.
Axel Grey*, a close friend of Justus, says it was routine for him to go fishing from around midnight until 5am.
"The day would start with us doing some odd jobs and then at night we would go fishing together. On this particular Tuesday, he went into the lake at around 12:40am and left his personal belongings with me, as was routine. There were two KWS boats in the lake when he went in," Mr Grey recalls.
He says he waited for Justus until the next morning, when he decided to go home as it was getting late. He thought his friend might have taken a different route home.
"When he goes into the water like that, I wait until 6 o'clock in the morning, where I carry his load, go to the market and then go home to rest. But that day he did not come back. I asked other fishermen if they'd seen him, but no one had. I got worried. I called home, thinking he had probably taken a different route and hadn't contacted me, but he wasn't there," says Grey.
That prompted a search that lasted until last night, when word came that a body had been recovered from the lake and taken to the mortuary.
"He looked forward to so much. He told me how he and his family used to farm in Laikipia. Hatujafurahia. Wamemaliza mtu wetu. Alikua anajitafutia tu yake. Naomba haki itendeke kwa sababu hakua amekosea mtu," says Mr Grey.