Four more bodies recovered in Kwabinzaro as exhumations continue

Four more bodies have been exhumed from Kwabinzaro, Kilifi County, bringing the total recovered since Thursday to nine.

The second day of exhumations saw three graves dug up, containing four bodies, where victims were buried naked in shallow graves.

Government agencies have hinted at the possibility of more mass graves in the area since the homicide department has mapped out a total of 27 graves.

The manner in which the bodies were interred also differs from the Shakahola incident.

The exercise is expected to continue next week, with the graves already mapped out exhumed as the search for more graves continues simultaneously—an exercise made that much harder by the expansiveness of the area under review.

Government pathologist Dr. Johansen Oduor says once the process of exhumation is complete, the process of identification of the bodies through DNA testing will commence, just like it happened in Shakahola.

The government is now asking relatives of missing persons to report and submit their DNA samples for possible matching.

At the same time, the government says it is ready to release 37 bodies from the Shakahola massacre that were positively matched to their families for burial.