Police are guarding a shallow grave believed to be a place where a missing doctor could be buried in Kabras, Kakamega county.
Dr Gideon Wamasebu Simiyu, 62, has been missing for a week since he was abducted as he traveled to Kenya for unknown mission.
On February 10, a suspect led police to the Machemo area where they discovered clotted blood.
Police followed blood stains to a river bank where a shallow grave had been dug.
Police suspect, Dr Simiyu was killed and buried there after his kidnappers failed to receive Sh4 million they wanted.
A team of police guarded the grave from Saturday to Monday when they sought a court order to dig and exhume the body.
Kakamega North subcounty police commander Paul Mwendwa said a suspect led them to the site.
He said preliminary investigations had shown the doctor traveled to Kenya a week ago in the company of a man who claimed to be a pastor.
The doctor reportedly traveled to Kenya by public transport and told his family he was headed for Kakamega.
Simiyu later sent a distress call to his relatives saying his life was in danger. He asked for Sh4 million to save his life.
The relatives say it was the last time he communicated with them.
He is the one who led authorities to where the grave was. Police said a suspect who had been using the doctor’s mobile phone number to send extortion text messages to relatives was arrested.
Police moved to court for an order and officials from the Ugandan Embassy in Kenya were expected in Kimanget village, Malava constituency to witness the exhumation of a body that had been buried secretly in a rural home by the murder suspect.
Police said the suspect was well known to the medic and had visited him in Uganda on many occasions. The police plan to exhume the body and carry out tests to establish if it's Wamasebu's.
