The autopsy on the 109 bodies retrieved from the Shakahola forest land is ongoing at the Malindi Sub-county mortuary, coastal part of Kenya, to determine the cause of death and bring closure to the families of the deceased.
After witnessing part of the postmortem, CS Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki restated the government’s commitment to transparency in handling the case and stressed that the march towards the accountability phase is inexorable.
Detectives paused the exhumation process due to bad weather. However, the search and rescue have been intensified, with drone technology and choppers deployed to find survivors who may still be stuck in the 800-acre forest land.
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According to Kithure Kindiki, the Public Information, Tracing and Support Centre has received 461 reports of missing persons.
He urged public members to volunteer information on similar cases through the helpline 0112 966 857.
The deceased were members of the cult founded by Paul Mackenzie Nthenge, who urged his members to starve to death to meet God.
Pastor Mackenzie, who has had previous run-ins with the law, was first arrested by police in 2017.
Recently on March 23, 2023, he was arraigned in court after being arrested for the alleged death of two children who are believed to have been starved to death.
The suspect was released on a Ksh10,000 ($73.7) cash bail before being rearrested on April 14 and has been in custody since then.
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