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# Police in Kenya investigating the death of LGBTQ+ activist Edwin Chiloba, whose body was found dumped in a metal box
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/police-in-kenya-investigating-the-death-of-lgbtq-activist-edwin-chiloba-whose-body-was-found-dumped-in-a-metal-box/
- Published: 2023-01-06T11:19:48.000Z
- Updated: 2023-01-06T11:19:48.000Z
- Description: LGBTQ+ people living in Kenya have often decried discrimination and attacks in a country where sex between men is illegal.
- Author: Graham Robson
- Tags: News, Hate Crime, Kenya, LGBT, LGBTQ

Police in **Kenya** are investigating the death of LGBTQ+ activist **Edwin Chiloba**, whose body was found dumped in a metal box.

The body of Chiloba was found on Wednesday on a road in **Uasin Gishu County**, in the west of the country.

Police say a motorcycle taxi operator reported seeing the box being dumped by a vehicle with no licence plates. The rider reported the incident to police officers who were manning a nearby roadblock.

The deceased was identified as Chiloba and their body was taken to the **Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital** to establish the cause of death.

Police spokesperson **Resila Onyango** said the motive was not yet known.

“We don’t know for now why he was killed that way. Experts are handling the matter,” she said.

Chiloba is a known LGBTQ+ activist and has in the past been attacked and assaulted for their activism, their friend **Denis Nzioka** tweeted on Wednesday.

LGBTQ+ people living in Kenya have often decried discrimination and attacks in a country where sex between men is illegal.

Kenya is largely a conservative society and the president has in past said that gay rights are a non-issue in the east African country.