A Malindi court has ordered the exhumation of the bodies of two minors who are believed to have been starved and later suffocated to death by their mother.
An investigating officer from the DCI in Malindi, Joseph Yator, told the court that the suspects had buried the minors in a shallow grave.
“The suspects, namely Isaac Ngala, Emily Kaunga, and Paul Mackenzie, buried the two minors on March 16 and 17, respectively, in a shallow grave at Shakahola village within Malindi,” said Yator.
It is alleged that the mother had an intention of starving the minors in order for them to die and become heroes before God after death.
However, Yator said that they managed to rescue the third child.
“The rescued child narrated the sufferings his two siblings underwent after being starved for some time before their mother suffocated them to death,” said Yator.
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has said that the exhumed bodies will be examined and DNA and toxicological samples taken.
“The government pathologist and officers from DCI Malindi will supervise the exhumation exercise, and the sub-county police commander and area OCS will provide security,” ODPP said.
Elsewhere, ODPP Voi Office and the Judiciary visited the Manyani Maximum Prison to listen to the grievances of prisoners.
The new resident judge of Voi, Justice George Dulu, was accompanied by Franklin Sirima of ODPP.
The two said that murder cases will be expedited faster, given that now there is a residing Judge.
Mr Sirima promised the reminders that ODPP and other stakeholders will be making visits to talk to them about plea bargaining and diversion policies.
"These are policies developed by ODPP in order to hasten the dispensation of cases, reduce case backlog in court and save resources for criminal justice actors, as some matters can be settled out of court, through Diversion," noted ODPP.
