New twist in man's fight for justice after brother dies in Nakuru company blast

It has been well over a month since the unfortunate passing of Enock Kibet. 

On April 11, Mtaa Wangu highlighted the story of the 28-year-old who died in a fatal explosion at a gas company in Nakuru’s industrial area.

His elder brother, Evans Kipkoech said the family was struggling to come to terms with their kin’s death.

During our interview then he said “At the time of death, my brother and his colleague were welding yet Kibet is an engineer and that was not his work. He was called to do a job which was not his job description.”

Speaking to Mtaa Wangu Mr. Kipkoech now says the family is waiting for an investigative report from the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) before they take further action.

“The detectives from Kaptembwa Police Station informed us that they have completed their investigations and are waiting for the EPRA report before forwarding their file to the Office of the Directorate of Public Prosecution (ODPP),” he says.

In his pursuit for justice, Evans Kipkoech has found himself in conflict with the company in question.

According to him, the company is threatening to sue Evans Kipkoech for allegedly making remarks that were deemed defamatory on his social media accounts.

They say the individual falsely and maliciously wrote, published and circulated extremely defamatory words and statements despite knowing that it will greatly injure the company’s reputation in the eyes of the public.

Advocate Karanja Mbugua, who represents Topline traders, Mr Fahd Nagib Said and James Misewe through a demand letter say that Mr Kipkoech made the defamatory remarks on or about April 27.

Mr Mbugua notes that his clients were severely injured in their credit, character and reputation and that they will hold him (Kipkoech) squarely liable as his actions virtually subjected his clients to public ridicule, odium, disrepute and contempt.

 “All the materials you published and circulated to the whole world were/or contained in your Facebook accounts and they are quite explanatory and you are well aware of these particulars. We now demand your admission of liability so that we can go into the issue of quantifying our client’s monetary compensation in the next Seven Days from today’s date in default whereof we shall sue you,” read part of the letter.

On that fateful day Enock was in the company of another colleague who sustained 40 percent superficial burns (on the skin) and was recuperating at the Nakuru County Teaching and Referral Hospital, before succumbing to his injuries.