The news of a stowaway who fell from a KQ airplane in London broke the internet, after an investigation was conducted and he was suspected to be of Kenyan origin.
According to the investigations conducted by a Sky News reporter,Cedric Isaac Shivonje whose photographs were published was the stowaway hence creating a puzzle on his identity.
Initially, the interview revealed that the alleged stowaway worked as a cleaner with Colnet cleaning company at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA)His parents had initially identified his pictures on the positive, saying that it was their son before later coming out and denying the interview that was conducted.
Turns out, Isaac Shivonje is alive and in a Kenyan prison where he is being held for failing to raise bail of Sh200,000 for a defilement case that he is battling.
The 25 year old was pictured by the Nation with his father and uncle and was later interviewed adorned in a blue shirt and in handcuffs.
He stated that he was alive and delighted to meet his father, Isaac Betti who had travelled from Kakamega County to see him.
“I am alive, as you can see,” said Shivonje.
According to Shivonje’s father, he is Isaac Betti and not Isaac Manyasi as previously reportedAdditionally, the alleged stowaway is Isaac Shivonje and not Paul Manyasi as it had been reported by Sky News earlier.
He was arrested and detained after having sex with one of the students who was in class 7.
The family members including an uncle who had been visiting regularly, Timothy Burundi stated that Isaac had been in police custody for a period of time, and he had frequently made visits to see him hence could not have been the stowaway.
The details of the interview indicated that Shivonje was arrested on August 7 and later remanded on August 13 over defilement charges.
According to him, on the day a stowaway fell from the sky, June 30, he was alive and in Kenya at Kawangware where he was teaching English and Science in a private school.He was arrested and detained after having sex with one of the students who was in class 7.
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