A Dutch national who was awaiting extradition from Kenya to his country over conviction for sexual abuse of children is dead.
Jan Jacobus Brouwer, 66, died at Aster Healthcare Hospital in Nairobi, officials said. He died on Tuesday of oesophagus cancer, which was in stage four.
Brouwer had been admitted to the facility on January 20, days after his arrest following an international warrant issued by his country.
Police said he had been remanded at the Parklands police station pending extradition proceedings, which were ongoing at the Milimani law courts.
His body was moved to the mortuary pending postmortem and other procedures. He was arrested on January 13 in Nairobi following a request by the Netherlands.
Brouwer was convicted in the Netherlands in 2020 on two counts related to sexual assault against children. He was apprehended after Dutch authorities contacted Kenya, seeking his extradition to serve his sentence.
The Nairobi chief magistrate’s court issued a warrant for his arrest on January 13, following an application by the Director of Public Prosecutions Renson Ingonga.
Ingonga, while making the application, informed the court that the Ministry of Justice and Security of the Kingdom of the Netherlands had formally requested his extradition through the Nairobi embassy.
The convict, who has been residing in Kenya, was convicted by the Lumber District Court on two counts of committing nonconsensual sexual acts with minors aged between 12 and 16.
Following his arrest in Nairobi, he was arraigned for a hearing on his extradition. This is not the first time a fugitive has been traced to Kenya.
On June 6, 2022, a Sudanese fugitive was tracked down at the University of Nairobi staff quarters by detectives from the Transnational and Organised Crime Unit.
He had been on the run after facing charges of organised crime in his home country.
Later in the same year, an Indian fugitive was traced to Kenya by the Special Investigation Team after fleeing his country, where he had been charged with murder.
In one of the most stunning
arrests, a Kenyan fugitive who had
been wanted in the United Kingdom
after being accused of child sexual
abuse was arrested after being on
the run in Kenya for 17 years.
