HEARTBREAKING! Missing Senior KFS Official Found Dead In Juja
Esther Wairimu Keige, the Kenya Forest Service’s (KFS) Legal Services Manager who went missing weeks ago, has been found dead.
Her body was discovered on July 7 inside an isolated coffee farm in Juja, Kiambu County, bringing an agonising search to a tragic end.
The 54-year-old attorney went missing on June 10 and was last seen leaving her office on Kiambu Road that evening.
Juja Sub-County Police Commander Isaac Kombo verified the discovery, stating that the bodies were discovered in Area 4 near Karimenu.
Lawyers, including Advocate Caroline Oduor, confirmed Keige’s death, bringing an end to weeks of ambiguity and fear.
After weeks of anxious searching since 9th June, Esther Wairimu Keige, Advocate has sadly been found dead in Gatundu Forest.
My deepest condolences to her family and loved ones during this profoundly difficult time. May they find strength in the face of this devastating loss.… https://t.co/rcoVPiBYIT— Caroline Oduor (@OduorACaroline) July 7, 2026
“After weeks of anxious searching since 9th June, Esther Wairimu Keige, Advocate, has sadly been found dead in Gatundu Forest,” stated Advocate Oduor.
“My deepest condolences to her family and loved ones during this profoundly difficult time,” she added.
“May they find strength in the face of this devastating loss. May those responsible be identified, brought before the law, and held fully accountable.”
Preliminary investigations show that the body was intact, though decomposition had already set in by the time it was located.
Two of her relatives were reportedly called in and positively identified her remains, a moment that finally gave the grieving family some closure.
Investigators have since moved her body to the Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital (KUTRRH) mortuary, where an autopsy will determine the exact cause of death.
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Before her body was found, students from a nearby school had reportedly seen her alive, telling police she had come asking for food.
That sighting has become a key piece of the puzzle, as detectives try to piece together her final days and what she may have been going through.
𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐚. 𝐈𝐧 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐲𝐚, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲.
In October 2013, a man called Bogonko Bosire disappeared. Bogonko, previously a writer with Agence France-Presse, became a blogger for hire after losing his job. He… pic.twitter.com/GxDgOQWAfu— The People’s President (@bonifacemwangi) July 7, 2026
This day has cast a dark cloud over the legal community as retired High Court judge Justice Godfrey Omondi Tunya also died after a prolonged illness.
Tunya’s death marked the end of the career of one of the country’s most prominent judicial officers.
He died on Sunday night at a Nairobi hospital, where he had been admitted over the weekend after his health condition worsened following a prolonged battle with illness.
HEARTBREAKING! Missing Senior KFS Official Found Dead In Juja
