Shakahola victims refusing to eat while in hospital, Kindiki says as he announces discovery of more graves
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Shakahola victims refusing to eat while in hospital as the death toll hits 241 with 91 people having been rescued from Mackenzie-linked land
Shakahola victims refusing to eat while in hospital as the death toll hits 241 with 91 people having been rescued from Mackenzie-linked land.
The death toll from the Shakahola cult currently stands at 241 with 5 of them being skeletons exhumed from the vast Shakahola forest.
This comes as the second phase of autopsies for 129 bodies commences today where the bodies will be transferred to another temporary morgue.
91 people have been rescued from the 800-acre forest, however, the CS noted that some of those rescued have been resisting to eat while in hospital.
“Some of the victims have been resisting to eat while in hospital while one other person died while in hospital,” the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration Kithure Kindiki said.
According to CS Kindiki, Phase 3 of exhumation will begin after the 129 autopsies are conducted. “We will not leave anybody behind and the government will not hide any information.”
The CS says the law enforcement officers deployed for search and rescue efforts believe there are more people in the forest with some of the victims attempting to escape the ranch intercepted as they headed to other areas including Galana and Tsavo Park.
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“We have information that some of Pastor Paul Mackenzie’s followers are fleeing towards Galana Kulalu and Tsavo National Park. We will upscale search and rescue efforts by combing every part of the Shakahola Forest to evacuate every person therein, dead or alive,” he said.
Kindiki added that they’re still not ssure on what the courts will say adding that investigations will take a bit longer as it takes years to prove cases of genocide and crimes against humanity.
“It takes years to prove cases of genocide and crimes against humanity but we want to ensure that security agencies will provide water-tight case.”
In addition, Kindiki announced that more graves have been found in the Shakahola forest.
He also said five human skeletons have been found in the land linked to Kilifi cult leader Paul Mackenzie.
“We have evidence of more graves at Shakahola forest. The suspension of exhumation exercise is to enable postmortem examinations on 129 bodies and free the space at the mortuary,” he added.
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