Six bodies in Kitengela secret grave exhumed

NAIROBI, KENYA: Six bodies from mass grave
in Kitengela have so far been retrieved awaiting
examination by government doctors.
The bodies were retrieved from a mass grave
discovered in Kitengela area on Saturday. On
Monday a new grave was spotted few metres
away from the ones reported on Saturday.
Authorities are yet to establish the identities of
the bodies recovered from two mass graves.
According to Chief Government pathologist
Johansen Oduor, the remains had by the time
of discovery decayed extensively that
determining their gender and identities require
DNA testing.
“We have established that the remains found
are of adults but we are yet to establish their
gender and identities, samples have been taken
for analysis so that we can shed more light on
the mystery surrounding the bodies,” said Dr
Oduor.
He added that the nature of the remains
indicated they had been buried for less than
three months prompting police to conclude
that the killings were recent. Kajiado County
Commissioner Laban Kobai pegged the killings
to a fierce battle between rival land brokers
possibly affiliated to the divided outlawed
Mungiki sect.
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