Daniel Mbolu Musyoka, the missing Embakasi East Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) returning officer has been found dead.

The deceased was identified at the Loitokitok sub-county mortuary by his sisters, Mary Mwikali and Ann Mboya.

He was discovered in a thicket in Oloitoktok, Kajiado county yesterday.

Preliminary investigations indicate that the body was likely dumped in the area from somewhere else.

The IEBC employee, 53, went missing on August 11 after he excused himself to make a phone call around 9.45 a.m.