Israella was initially blocked from leaving Malawi for medical treatment in February. She later died in a Kenyan hospital in March. The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in Malawi, Steve Kayuni, has declined to comment on accusations surrounding the death of Israella, the daughter of self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife, Mary. Following Wednesday's court proceedings of the pair's extradition hearing in Malawi, the DPP was probed on the death of the 8-year-old child and made aware that the family blamed Kayuni's office for the delay in the minor child's medical evacuation to Kenya. In addition, Kayuni was made aware - by a journalist - of reports from her doctors in Kenya that the decision to delay her medical evacuation reduced her chances of survival.