Lawyer who contested Mark Toos burial yet to be found

The whereabouts of Eldoret-based lawyer, Simon Lilan, who had sought to stop the burial of former KANU nominated Member of Parliament, Mark Too, remains a mystery.

According to his brother, John Talam, investigating police officers have informed the family that Lilan’s phone is on and off and they are working with mobile service provider to find out if he is the one using the mobile phone or not.

Lilan went missing on the morning of January 9, the day when the High Court sitting in Eldoret vacated the order to stop the burial of Mr Too which took place at his Maziwa farm in Kapseret, Uasin Gishu County

According to Eldoret West OCPD, Samwel Mutunga, Lilan’s phone is still off and they are investigating if he has been communicating with his family since the day he went missing.

Mutunga said a team of officers have been set to investigate his whereabouts saying he has been reported countrywide as a missing person.

Lilan had termed the death of Mark Too as an assassination and wanted an independent post mortem to be conducted to ascertain his death.

The information has been opposed by the late Mark Too’s family through a sworn affidavit noting that they go as per the results released by the pathologists at Lee Funeral Home that the politician had died of a heart attack.

Written by Erick Kombo