{"id":35448,"date":"2024-05-04T10:03:19","date_gmt":"2024-05-04T10:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/05\/04\/mungaro-threatens-to-dump-shakahola-bodies-at-knh-in-new-fight-with-ruto\/"},"modified":"2024-05-04T10:03:19","modified_gmt":"2024-05-04T10:03:19","slug":"mungaro-threatens-to-dump-shakahola-bodies-at-knh-in-new-fight-with-ruto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/mungaro-threatens-to-dump-shakahola-bodies-at-knh-in-new-fight-with-ruto\/","title":{"rendered":"Mung\u2019aro threatens to dump Shakahola bodies at KNH in new fight with Ruto"},"content":{"rendered":"

NAIROBI Kenya, May 4 \u2014 Kilifi Governor Gideon Mung\u2019aro has issued an ultimatum to the national government to remove containers preserving bodies of the Shakahola massacre victims<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Munga\u2019ro vowed to have the containers towed out of the Malindi Sub-County Hospital, saying he will have them dumped at the Kenyatta National Hospital if government fails to act by Monday.<\/p>\n

He issued the ultimatum on Friday while speaking in Dagamra, Magarini sub-county.<\/p>\n

The Governor said the prolonged holding of bodies at the county-run hospital\u00a0were delaying the implementation of his administration\u2019s programs.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a message to the government, especially Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki. At the Malindi Hospital I have two containers holding 429 Shakahola bodies but they just took away a few bodies only,\u201d Manga\u2019ro said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMonday if the government will not have removed the bodies, doctors in the hospital should tow the containers and dump them in Kenyatta National Hospital.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mung\u2019aro said the county bears additional costs associated with the preservation of the dead. He also cited an \u201cannoying foul smell\u201d for people visiting the hospital.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose who have been visiting Malindi Sub-County Hospital must have realized there is a foul smell coming from the mobile mortuary. I have constructed nice wards in the hospital, but the foul smell comes from the containers preserving the Shakahola bodies,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to construct an emergency and outpatient wing where the containers are. We have already floated the tender worth Sh150 million but we cannot go ahead with the construction because of the containers.\u201d<\/p>\n

The government commenced the release of the Shakahola cult victims on March 26, when it handed 34 identified bodies to respective families for burials.<\/p>\n

Chief Government pathologist Johansen Oduor said the government had identified the relatives for psycho-social support before the bodies were released to them.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe process includes logistics which we are carrying out this week, which is organizing for counselors who will counsel these people and also contact relatives who will come here to take the bodies of their loved ones,\u201d Oduor said.<\/p>\n

The victims were followers of a starvation cult led by televangelist Paul Mackenzie who remains in custody.<\/p>\n

Mackenzie and his co-accused persons are facing several charges in Mombasa and Malindi courts for the deaths of the 429 members.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NAIROBI Kenya, May 4 \u2014 Kilifi Governor Gideon Mung\u2019aro has issued an ultimatum to the national government to remove containers preserving bodies of the Shakahola massacre victims. Munga\u2019ro vowed to have the containers towed out of the Malindi Sub-County Hospital, saying he will have them dumped at the Kenyatta National Hospital if government fails to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35448\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}