Three Bodies Bearing Torture Marks Found Dumped In Kabarnet

BARINGO, Kenya, Jan 24- Three bodies bearing torture marks were on Monday found dumped in Baringo County, human rights activists told Shahidi News.

The first two bodies, witnesses and police said, were found along Kabarnet-Iten road.

“They were found just a few kilometres from Kabarnet town,” a security official privy to the incident told Shahidi News.

The third body was found at a roadside in Kolol area, near Iten.

Witnesses said the bodies were naked.

“They also had deep cuts,” a human rights defender who did not want to be named said.

“The three were clearly tortured before they were killed.”

Nancy Kiptoon, an official at the Baringo County Social Justice called for investigations, in order to know who, the deceased were and the people involved in their death.

“Interestingly, the three bodies had similar marks of torture,” she said.

Local legislators have also condemned the killings.

This comes at a time when the country is still grappling with the discovery of floating bodies in River Yala, within Siaya County.

Over 20 unidentified bodies have been collected from the river.

There has been a worrying trend of enforced disappearances and subsequent killings according to available statistics by human rights organisations.

For example, HAKI Africa has documented more than 8 cases of enforced disappearance in 2022 and more than 40 last year.