Questions Raised at Slain Fr Kaiser’s Public Inquest

NAIROBI, August 7, 2007 (CISA) -The 4-year inquest into the death of Mill Hill missionary Fr John Kaiser concluded last week that he did not commit suicide, but was in fact murdered. Here are 24 hard questions gleaned from the ruling:

1. In 1999 Fr Kaiser testified before a commission of inquiry, adversely mentioning then President Daniel Moi in connection with ethnic clashes in the Rift Valley. The reference to President Moi was deleted from the record. Who did that and why?
2. After Fr Kaiser’s death, why did respected Kenyan psychiatrist Dr Frank Njenga issue a report that the priest suffered from a clearly diagnosable mental illness, when he had never treated the priest? Njenga neither interviewed the priest’s personal doctors nor perused any medical records. Why?
3. Why did the American Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) invent the story that Fr Kaiser was once admitted to a mental hospital after shooting a neighbour?
4. Catechist Francis Kantai of Lolgorian, a close friend of Fr Kaiser’s, claimed he was approached to kill the priest by poisoning him. Who was behind this plot?
5. Why did the FBI, who presented the suicide theory, refuse to attend the inquest to defend their claim? Did they fear cross-examination?
6. Why was the report by top FBI experts on Fr Kaiser’s “suicide” not signed? Was it because no one was prepared to take responsibility for its conclusions?
7. After the FBI finished their investigations and filed a report, why did they still keep Fr Kaiser’s gun, which he allegedly had used to kill himself? They only produced it following a court order.
8. Police claimed Fr Kaiser used his own gun to kill himself, yet they did not do a ballistic analysis of the weapon. Isn’t it possible the fatal shot was fired from another gun?
9. There was no trace of gun powder on Fr Kaiser’s body, or any blood on his gun which lay beside him. Was the fatal shot really fired from that gun, at the scene where the body was found?
10. Fr Kaiser’s gun was about 3ft long. Could it be possible for a 68-year-old man suffering from arthritis to hold such a long gun to the back of his right ear and still manage to reach and pull the trigger?
11. There were bruises on Fr Kaiser’s knees. How and when did these occur, yet his body lay serenely on the ground?
12. Fr Kaiser’s body was found lying neatly on its left side with one hand neatly placed on the other. How could that be possible if he had shot himself? The heavy impact would have left the body sprawled.
13. A senior policeman who transferred Fr Kaiser’s body to the mortuary never handed it in with brain matter in a polythene bag? Yet there was brain matter purported to be Fr Kaiser’s? Where did the stuff come from and with what motive?
14. Fr Kaiser was a man of great courage, fearlessness and fortitude who had taken on the high and mighty in defense of justice. He had refused to leave the country for his safety. Why would he kill himself?
15. The day before he died, Fr Kaiser delivered a note to then papal envoy in Nairobi, Archbishop Giovani Tonnuci. What was in the note? Why did the Catholic Church decline to make the note public at the inquest?
16. Fr Kaiser’s vehicle was found lying in a culvert by the road, with a ring of green paint around the left front tyre. Did a mysterious green vehicle collide with the priest’s?
17. The driver’s right widow was found smashed. Some pieces of glass were on Fr Kaiser’s clothing, but not outside the broken window or near the car. Why?
18. Was then Minister for internal security, Julius Sunkuli, who had bad relations with Fr Kaiser a co-conspirator in the priest’s murder? The court exonerated Sunkuli for lack of evidence.
19. Why did Florence Mpayei who had made serious rape allegations against Sunkuli later withdraw the charge? She was one of the two alleged rape victims Fr Kaiser was assisting to find justice.
20. Why did catechist Francis Kantai, a close companion of Fr Kaiser’s, not attend his friend’s funeral? The court found his testimony “unreliable, evasive and contradictory.”
21. Why was Kantai never arrested and charged even after admitting that he lied to the court in his earlier evidence and engaged in acts of arson against victims of ethnic clashes whom Fr Kaiser was protecting?
22. Shortly before Fr Kaiser’s death, a rifle similar to his disappeared from Maasai Mara National Park and has not been traced to date. Could it be the gun used to shoot him?
23. Two rangers from the Mara, relatives of Sunkuli’s who had illegally detained an alleged rape victim, gave “clearly rehearsed” evidence at the inquest. They had beaten up a man badly on suspicion that he was close to Fr Kaiser. Who helped them rehearse their tale and why?
24. Why did Kenya Police fail to investigate Fr Kaiser’ death “with the seriousness and diligence that it deserved?” The court found that they did “no meaningful investigations.” Were they obeying some sinister instructions? +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Disclaimer No responsibility or liability shall attach itself to either myself or to the blogspot ‘Mozlink’ for any or all of the articles/images placed here. The placing of an article does not necessarily imply that I agree or accept the contents of the article as being necessarily factual in theology, dogma or otherwise. Mozlink