Family Seeking Justice After Son Found Dead In Bishop's Car
A family is seeking justice for of a 6-year-old boy who vanished in 2018 and was later discovered dead inside a bishop's car are seeking justice.
Lydia Kadima 
The court was informed on December 7th that the boy disappeared while attending Sunday school at Ushindi Baptist Church in Likoni, Mombasa.
When the mother of the deceased boy appeared before Mombasa Chief Magistrate Martha Mutuku, she claimed that her son's body was discovered in Bishop Joseph Maisha's car, which had been kept inside the church premises for two days.
The next morning, she went to church to carry on with her search for her kid. While there, she ran into Bishop Maisha, who asked her what she was doing in the church.
"The following day on February 25, 2018, l went to the church in efforts to trace my son within the church compound, while sitting inside the church Bishop Maisha came and enquired on why l was seated inside the church," she said.
She received a call from another pastor shortly after who started praying for her.
In the midst of the prayers, she noticed numerous police officers in the church compound with some church authorities, who informed her that the minor had been discovered dead.
She narrated that her son had been found dead inside the car (license plate KBH 379N) which had been parked within the church compound. She told the court that the car had been parked there all along while she was searching for her son.
According to a postmortem report submitted in court, Wekesa died as a result of multiple organ failure brought on by inadequate oxygen and blood supply to the brain (asphyxia).
Doctor Thabit Swaleh performed the postmortem at Coast General Hospital on February 26, 2018, and his findings revealed that both lungs were "congested, with the left one being more congested than the right one."
According to the autopsy report, the boy's brain displayed signs of early decomposition and vascular congestion.
Richard Wasike, the deceased's father, sadly described to the court how he had been accused of sacrificing his son as a sacrifice in the aforementioned church by members of his immediate family.
"I just want to know the truth, l want justice for my son …” the father said.
The next hearing date is March 23, 2023.
