The family of Captain Mario Magonga is crying foul over the death of the seasoned pilot who had been cleared to fly high dignitaries by aviation industry in Kenya.
Back at home in Nyabururu, residents are anxiously waiting to bury the man who they cherished even as the family struggles to get at least some few remains for burial.
On Friday, family and friends gathered in Nairobi for requiem mass in which nothing was there to be displayed for them to see. And as such, the bereaved family has already sent few bones collected from crash site for further analysis to establish whether or not it was Mario's.
Of the five bodies, questions are being asked as to why only Mario's body was burnt beyond recognision despite all of them being in the same plane. Also, the family wants to know why he was told to fly at night despite being an experienced pilot.
“The bodies of the four American tourists were positively identified but it was very difficult to tell the remains of the fifth person as that of Capt Mario. The remains were charred beyond recognition,” Capt Magonga’s uncle Ibrahim wrote to the new United States ambassador to Kenya Kyle McCarter on March 8.
"There was no body. The rescue team found some bones, whose DNA the pathologist could not ascertain," Ms Gladys Magonga told the Sunday Nation.
"Basically, we are trying to confirm if the remains belong to him.”
She said a sample of the charred remains was taken to the US for DNA analysis, adding that the family reads foul play in her brother's death.
“Investigations are on though the family has expressed doubts if that was the captain's body. They want answers as to why only their kin was burnt beyond recognition in the accident,” the letter to Mr McCarter said.
Tentatively, the burial was supposed to take place last Sunday but the new development means the family ought to wait for a little bit longer.