PS Omollo urges for patience in Shakahola massacre probe

The government will soon conclude the exhumation of bodies at the Shakahola cult scene in Kilifi County.

Interior Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo said in Malindi that the huge number of bodies and the expansiveness of the 840-acre crime scene had resulted in investment in more time and resources.

“Investigations are still on because the number of bodies was so high and most of the bodies were decomposed and the DNA process has been a challenge to us,” he said.

He called on Kenyans to be patient and that the issue will be resolved and perpetrators be charged in courts of law.

“We will be through with exhumation and investigations within a month or two and charges will be preferred against the accused persons,” he said.

Ironically, several activities that were being undertaken on the land including the opening of new roads have stopped.

So far more than 400 bodies have been exhumed.

Dozens more bodies are believed to be buried in shallow graves therein.

Pastor Paul Mackenzie, who is in police custody, is being investigated for influencing his followers to starve to death in order to meet their maker.

Police also suspect that some of the victims did not starve to death and may have been killed and then buried on the property.

He has denied any wrongdoing but has been refused bail. He insists that he shut down his church in 2019.

The followers say he told them to starve themselves in order to “meet Jesus”