Slain Nairobi-based Dutch tycoon Tob Cohen wrote to Kenyan authorities expressing fears for his life a week before he disappeared.
Cohen, 71, reportedly wrote to Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji on July 12th, just seven days before he went missing, according to Sunday Nation.
In the letter that was also copied to Inspector-General of Police, the billionaire businessman complained how his love life had become his greatest fear.
“Unless your offices act speedily and accordingly, our client will continue to suffer humiliation, discrimination, and persecution because he is not a Kenyan national, which is wrong, distasteful and unfortunate,” the letter sent through Musyoki Mogaka and Co advocates stated in part.
Cohen claimed that his estranged Kenyan wife Sarah Wairimu Kamotho, who is the prime suspect in the tycoon’s murder, enjoyed the protection of senior police officers.
“My client is astonished at the manner in which the law is being applied to his disadvantage since no step has been taken by police officers at Parklands Police Station to prosecute Ms. Wairimu despite enough evidence demonstrating her guilt,” he said in reference to claims of assault.
The Dutchman lamented that Wairimu was colluding with senior police from Westlands to charge him with assault, which could have led to his deportation. Cohen said this happened even when he was the real victim of assault by his estranged spouse.
This was the second time Cohen had written to Kenyan authorities expressing fears for his life, Sunday Nation reported.
The body of Cohen, who went missing on July 19th, was found inside an underground water tank at his home in Nairobi’s Kitusuru estate on Friday.
Wairimu was arraigned before a Nairobi court on Thursday to face murder charges but the judge ordered she first undergoes a mental assessment before taking a plea.
A second suspect Peter Karanja, who is the estranged husband of Gilgil MP Martha Wangari is also in police custody.
