The victims unearthed from a mass burial at Shakahola Forest were buried beneath a vegetable garden in an effort to provide the appearance of a tidy yard, according to a grave digger there.
The digger said, in an anonymous interview, that the remains were marked differently from those interred in homesteads and transported directly to the cemetery. On the other hand, remains interred in homesteads were maintained and gave the impression that they had undergone morgue treatment prior to burial.
In order for him and his crew to recover from the trauma brought on by exhuming so many graves, the grave digger also emphasized the necessity of psychiatric care. More than 110 remains have been excavated from the forest, with 60% of them being youngsters, according to Coast Regional Coordinator Rhoda Onyancha.
On April 29, four individuals were saved, and a body was found. Drones are increasingly being used by police to find survivors.
Amason Kingi, the Senate Speaker, has meanwhile urged the administration to step up the rescue effort, claiming that if action had been done sooner, the slaughter would have been averted. Kingi has spearheaded an Adhoc Committee to look into the mass murder and has requested the government to send out helicopters to help with the mission.
Although the practice has been put on hold due to the severe weather, the grave digger makes Ksh 1,000 per day exhuming the bodies. A cult led by Paul Mackenzie, who was detained on April 27 in connection with the atrocity, has been connected to the mass murder.
According to reports, the cult had been in operation for a while and was located in a nearby village. The nation was stunned by the mass grave’s discovery, and many people are demanding justice for the victims and their families.