Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki has said that the body exhumation site in Shakahola, Kilifi County will be turned into a National Memorial site once the exercise is completed.
Speaking on Tuesday when he presided over the beginning of the third phase of exhumation, Kindiki said the land will be preserved for all generations to learn of the crimes that took place.
“Shakahola forest, the scene of crime where these grave crimes have been committed can not remain as it was. The Government will convert it into a national memorial, a place of remembrance so that Kenyans and the world do not forget what happened here,” he said.
Kindiki added that “Once the ongoing exercise is concluded, a congregation of believers from all faiths and the national leadership shall convene for a commemoration service to secure the sacred right and freedom of worship that has been violated by crooks hiding behind scriptures to radicalise and indoctrinate their followers.”
“This is a case like no other, and we can not afford to lose it. This case against Mackenzie must be won, the perpetrators must be convicted.”
According to Kindiki, the evidence available suggests that the suspected cult activities that have resulted in the exhumation of 242 bodies so far, were beyond the 800-acre piece of land.
“We are looking at the entire 5,000 Chakama ranch,” he said.
He said evidence suggests cult activities extended to the 37,000-acre piece of land.
“We will get Mackenzie and his collaborators convicted on the basis of evidence. Mackenzie will stay there(in jail) for the rest of his life and account for his crimes in the life hereafter.”
