The police in Uasin Gishu are trying to solve a murder mystery after the body of popular fashion designer Edwin Chiloba (Kiprotich Kiptoo) was found stashed in a metallic box.
According to the source a Bodaboda rider spotted a vehicle which was numberless dropping the metal box along the Kipenyo - Kaptinga road.
The matter was reported to Uasin Gishu police who arrived at the scene and upon opening the box, a decomposing body of a man dressed in woman's clothes was found inside.
It was later established that the deceased was Eldoret based fashion designer Edwin Chiloba.
The body was taken to the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital awaiting post mortem to establish the cause of death.
Who is Edwin Chiloba?
Edwin was born in Elgeyo Marakwet. He lost his mother at a very young age and years later he lost his father who was his source of inspiration.
After spending his school years hopping from one relative to another, He enrolled for a degree in Education at Moi University West Campus, where in the diversity of school clubs and exposure, he found his happiness, a new love, fashion.
In his third year, he started putting outfits together and going for photoshoots and pageants that his relatives were not proud of. He was discontinued from school and he moved to Nairobi to chase his fashion dream.
A friend offered to sign him at his modeling agency. He came up with his designs, and not long after, he got his breakthrough through a Facebook message from a white couple who loved his designs. He was enrolled in fashion school and his career began.
He was a gender free unconventional fashion designer going against all odds.
May his soul rest in peace.
