Even after his burial, former Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST) VC Fredrick Otieno's death could spark a lot of controversies.
Prof Otieno, who left the institution five years ago, died in Eldoret after few days of falling sick at his Kisumu home.
But one of his brothers now suspects foul play in the death and has called for investigations by the DCI team.
According to Mr Harold Otieno, his elder brother, the Prof, lived in fears and was allegedly being threatened by some workers in his former station.
“The professor was always worried about his life after his five-year term in office ended. Well-known cartels kept threatening him,” alleged his elder brother Harold Otieno on Saturday.
“Just days before he met his death, he boarded a bus to Nairobi. On his way back, he alighted in Nakuru before boarding another vehicle to his home at Riat in Kisumu County,” he told mourners on Saturday according to Nation.
Otieno now wants one of the institution's staff investigated over the death of the prof, arguing that he rushed him to hospital under unclear circumstances.
“My brother was not sick but his condition worsened after he was taken to a hospital,” he said.
Three days before his death, Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya was to meet Prof Otieno over certain issues at MMUST.
“Unfortunately we did not discuss the matter after he fell ill and he could not talk when I visited him the hospital in Eldoret,” Governor Oparanya said.
The late don was facing EACC investigations which a number of mourners rubbished, citing witch-hunt during his burial on Saturday.