Popular City Lawyer Dies In Swimming Pool While On Hoilday In Mombasa
A famous city lawyer has died mysteriously while on holiday in Mombasa after attending a Law Society of Kenya retreat at the coast.
Lawyer Geoffrey Oriaro was found struggling at the deep end of a swimming pool at the Beach Seafront Chalet Hotel where he was on holiday with his wife and sister.
According to a pool attendant at the hotel, he heard screams from the pool and when he rushed there he found the lawyer struggling at the deep end.
The pool attendant told Citizen TV last evening that he got the lawyer out of the pool and helped him vomit some of the water he had swallowed.
He then called for help and the lawyer was rushed to the nearest hospital where he was pronounced dead upon arrival.
His family, however, claims that the lawyer was a pro in swimming and there is now way he would die in the swimming.
Contradicting reports indicate that the lawyer was found lifeless besides the swimming at 4 a.m in the morning by the pool attendant.
Oriaro is well known for leading the line to have former EACC bosses, Mumo Matemu and Irene Keino disbanded.
“Following the Petition of Geoffrey Oriaro dated 12th March 2015, desiring the removal from office of the Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) on grounds specified in the said petition; And following the Consideration of the said Petition by the National Assembly and the resolution that the petition discloses sufficient grounds for their removal to the satisfaction of the Assembly. Now therefore, pursuant to Article 251 (4) (a) of the Constitution, His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta has today suspended from the Office of Member and Chairperson, Mr Mumo Matemu; and from the Office of Member and Vice Chairperson of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission, Ms Irene Keino,” State House spokesperson Manoah Esipisu said in a statement showing the role Oriaro played.
The lawyer’s body lies at Pandya Memorial Hospital Mortuary where it awaits a postmortem to establish the cause of the mysterious death.
