Recent reports have revealed that the post-mortem examination on the thirty-three bodies exhumed from mass graves in Kericho failed to take off on Wednesday, March 25, 2026.
According to the government pathologist, Dr Richard Njoroge, the facilities at the mortuary were inadequate.
This comes after the public and civil society called for speedy investigations into the incident that has put the County under the national spotlight.
According to reports, the arrival of the government pathologist at the Kericho County Hospital mortuary signalled the start of the next step of the mystery of the 33 bodies buried in mass graves in the county’s cemetery.
Autopsy for 33 bodies recovered in Kericho was not conducted due to a lack of adequate mortuaries
However, the assessment of the facility by Dr Richard Njoroge returned a negative verdict.
The state of the mortuary and its capacity was not sufficient to conduct the postmortem exams.
Further reports indicate that the medical examination of the exhumed corpses was also intended to enable the identification of the bodies.
The thirty-three bodies were reportedly recovered following the discovery of the mass graves in the county’s cemetery on Saturday last week.
An exhumation exercise conducted by the authorities on Tuesday revealed the contents of the graves as bodies of 25 children and eight adults.
