Newspapers: It emerges that the people hired to dig Halaiki Kericho’s grave were paid KSh 2k

Newspapers on Monday, March 23, have given importance to information about a mass grave discovered in Kericho county.

Newspapers: It emerges that the people hired to dig Halaiki Kericho’s grave were paid KSh 2k.
Source: UGC

These newspapers also report on the alleged kidnapping of a former minister Raphael Tuju.

1. Daily Nation

This publication reports on the questions that have arisen regarding the controversial burial of 14 bodies in a cemetery in Kericho county.

Preliminary investigations showed that the owners of the cemetery, the local authorities, the police and the county government were all unaware of the burial.

Questions have been raised about how the bodies were transported from Nyamira County, reportedly under orders approved by the court, without the knowledge of relevant government agencies and then buried in Kericho.

Three people who said they were hired to take down and bury the bodies revealed that they were paid KSh 2,000 for the secret exercise, and were warned by security officials against speaking to the media.

“We were paid Sh1,000 to dig a grave and another Sh1,000 to take down the bodies and bury them. We had no other responsibility, we don’t know who hired us because they were wearing masks. However, this was not the first time we were engaged, this is our way of life,” one of them said.