A family in Ebusiralo, Vihiga County, is appealing for government intervention following the mysterious death of a Kenyan engineer in Maputo, Mozambique, and the controversial handling of his remains.
The family says Robert Moses Magotsi, a mechanical engineer who had been working in southern Africa, died on October 11, 2025, under circumstances that remain unclear.
At the time of his death, Magotsi was serving as a planning manager with the City of Cape Town and held significant business interests in the region, including a 51pc stake in a solar power plant in Limpopo.
According to relatives, news of his death was relayed by his South Africa-based business partner and a woman identified as Wanjiku, who was reportedly living with him in Maputo.
They were told Magotsi collapsed after a morning run and was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The family says concerns escalated as they began making arrangements to repatriate his body to Nairobi ahead of burial plans at his rural home in Kitale.
They claim Wanjiku later informed them that the body had already been cremated and the ashes disposed of in the Pacific Ocean—without the family’s knowledge or consent.
Relatives further allege that shortly after Magotsi’s death, some of his properties were sold in haste. They also claim a life insurance policy valued at Sh50 million was forged, with Wanjiku allegedly listed as the beneficiary.
The family says the matter was reported to criminal investigators in Maputo, but no arrests or formal action have been taken so far.
Now, they are urging the Kenyan government to step in and formally engage Mozambican authorities to establish the cause of death and investigate the decision to cremate the body without family approval.
Magotsi, who held dual Kenyan and South African citizenship, is remembered by relatives as a seasoned professional whose sudden death and the events that followed have left them searching for answers—and justice.
