Families of Kware murder victims forced to flee Nairobi over threats from DCI
Families of Kware murder victims and rescuers forced to flee Nairobi over alleged threats from DCI detectives
Families of Kware murder victims and rescuers forced to flee Nairobi over alleged threats from DCI detectives.
The grieving families of Kware murder victims have been forced to flee Nairobi, alleging threats from the DCI with bodies yet to be given to them with volunteers who took part in the exercise also fleeing.
The families of victims claimed that they have received threats and opted to relocate elsewhere.
Speaking to Citizen TV, the youth who were retrieving bodies from the Kware dumpsite claimed that they have been harassed and threatened by DCI ever since they participated in the exercise.
They stated that they had received warnings that anyone who retrieves a body from the quarry would bear responsibility and will be treated as
“DCI walisema kwamba ukitoa mwili Itakuwa ni wewe uko accountable.
Hiyo mwili mbona umeitoa na ani wewe uliiweka hapo juu wewe ndio umeiona. DCI walikuwwa wametutishia sana hiyo wakati.
“Ni kama ni kama kumaanisha tukifika pale tutawekelewa hiyo kesi. (It implies that a case will be planted on anyone who retrieves bodies),” added another youth who participated in the exercise.
Families of Kware victims also claimed that they are under constant threats and intimidation from the DCI to the point where the majority have fled the city in fear of their safety.
They claimed that the threats started shortly after they participated in DNA testing in a bid to help identify the victims whose decomposing bodies were retrieved.
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They shared that they have been receiving threatening calls from strange numbers are not assured of their safety.
“Hata kufikia saa hii ni mimi pekee yangu niko Nairobi. Hatujui watatukujia. (At the moment I am the only one left in Nairobi as all the rest have fled. We don’t know when they will come for us).” A family member to one of the victims stated.
Human rights activists blamed the government and the police for frustrating the process so that the truth does not come out.
They further questioned why the exercise to retrieve body parts believed to be in the quarry was halted.
Families also decried frustrations from the government noting that they had been told that bodies parts retrieved from the quarry will only be released to them once all parts of a body have been retrieved yet the exercise to search for the remaining parts has been halted.
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