Shakahola deaths: State to build memorial on Chakama Ranch

Interior CS Kindiki said the memorial will also serve as a reminder of the atrocities committed.

In Summary

•CS Kindiki also announced that the remaining land which was gazetted as a crime scene has been degazetted.

• Kindikisaid the memorial area will be used to bury bodies that will not have been identified by their families.

The national government will acquire 4000 acres of the Chakama Ranch where the Shakahola deaths occurred to put up a memorial. https://rb.gy/9omagt

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki addressing the media in Kilifi on March 27, 2024.
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki addressing the media in Kilifi on March 27, 2024.
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The national government will acquire 4000 acres of the Chakama Ranch where the Shakahola deaths occurred to put up a memorial.

Interior cabinet secretary Kithure Kindiki on Wednesday said the memorial area will be used to bury bodies that will not have been identified by their families.

Speaking in Kilifi, Kindiki said the memorial will also serve as a reminder of the atrocities committed.

"As a government, we will take the 4000 acres where the main suspect used to carry out his activities. We will fence it off because the judicial process is ongoing and courts may want to visit the crime scene. The rest of the over 50, 000 acres of Chakama ranch were degazetted last week," Kindiki said.

He also announced that the remaining land which was gazetted as a crime scene has been degazetted.

It is only the 4000 acres that remain a crime scene.

The CS said government officers who failed to take action will be punished once an injunction against the commission of inquiry appointed by President William Ruto is lifted.

"Any officer who committed an offence through commission or omission will be dealt with," he added


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