Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki warned politicians on Sunday to avoid the Shakola area, which had been closed following a security operation to probe the murders of over a hundred suspected cult members.
The CS stated in his directive, issued two days after the opposition leader, Raila Odinga, was turned away from the cult burial site in Kilifi County, that the only political leaders permitted are members of the parliamentary security committee.
Kindiki said he granted the National Assembly Security Committee access to Shakahola because it is a security operation zone in which Parliament has a role. Adding that other politicians should keep off the cult's burial site and not bring politics into the matter
On Friday, Odinga was refused access to the area, a day before pledging to go to court to challenge President William Ruto's decision to appoint a religious commission of investigation into the starving cult.
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According to kindiki, 112 remains have been excavated thus far, and detectives are still searching for more graves on Tuesday because the weather conditions have improved.
He added that There is nothing to hide from the government." We will disclose the truth to the world regardless of the number of dead retrieved from Shakahola because we do not want this tragedy to happen again
Pastor Paul Mackenzie Nthenge of the Good News International Church is reported to have encouraged congregants to starve themselves to "meet Jesus" in the ongoing investigation.
Pastor ezekiels lawyer, on the other hand, has written a letter to the inspector general of police alleging that his client lost over 20 million shillings during g the raid of his properties.
According to Omari, police officers forcibly entered the church owned by Televangelist Ezekiel Odero, under police probe for the Shakahola massacre, and prevented attendees from gathering.
