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At least 33 bodies – including children and mummified remains stuffed into sacks – were exhumed from a mass grave in western Kenya on Thursday, raising questions about whether the bodies were smuggled out of hospital mortuary.
Investigators have recovered the remains of 25 children and 8 adults, as well as submerged body parts packed in gunny sacks, from a mass grave at a church cemetery in Kericho, authorities said.
“We were able to find out that these bodies were removed from the Nyamira District Hospital and taken to a private cemetery in Kericho,” Mohamed Amin, who heads the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, told the media.
He said detectives want to determine whether the bodies were legally disposed of after they were taken out of the morgue.
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At least 33 bodies – 25 of them children – were found in a mass grave in Kenya on Thursday. (Andrew Kasuku/AP Photo)
The Associated Press reported that Kenyan law allows hospitals and morgues to dispose of unclaimed bodies after 14 days with court approval.
State pathologists performed autopsies on Thursday to determine the cause of death, although the victims have not been released.
Authorities have arrested two people in connection with the case.
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Authorities have arrested two people in connection with the case. (Andrew Kasuku/AP Photo)
Local media reported that the bodies were transported in a government vehicle by unknown people and buried immediately, some undertakers reported to the police later.
“We need the authorities to do a thorough investigation,” said resident Brian Kibunja.
Another resident, Samuel Moso, said the authorities should “disclose whether the government is involved or whether a different group of people is behind the mass burial.”
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There have been three major mass graves in Kenya in the past three years. (Andrew Kasuku/AP Photo)
There have been three major mass graves in Kenya in the past three years.
The police in 2023 discovered hundreds of bodies buried in the forest in the Kilifi region on the coast of Kenya, they removed the mass graves of a religious leader who was accused of starving his followers to death.
In 2024, authorities found nine bodies in a landfill in Nairobi, the capital of the East African country.
The latest discovery comes as concern grows among some Kenyans about alleged police abuses.
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Missing Voices, a human rights group, said it documented 125 extrajudicial killings and six disappearances in Kenya last year, compared to 104 reported the previous year.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
