Seven bodies were exhumed from three graves in Shakahola, Kilifi County, raising the death toll to 436.
The bodies were exhumed on Monday in the Shakahola forest in the fifth phase of exhumation.
Government pathologist Johansen Oduor said about 50 graves are planned to be excavated.
“One of the graves had four bodies… the other two graves had one each… any grave that we have suspected actually has graves,” said Government pathologist, Johansen Oduor.
Homicide detectives are focusing on areas where 429 bodies had previously been exhumed from various mass graves.
“The other two graves had one each… we are targeting about 50 graves which we have identified and we are going to work on until we finish,” Oduor added.
The Kenya National Human Rights Commission had two months ago urged Interior CS Kithure Kindiki to order the resumption of the pending exhumation of bodies in Shakahola, Kilifi.
In its report “Mashaka ya Shakahola”, the commission further recommended handing over the bodies to their next of kin for burial.
Between April 25, 2023 and October 2023, the government carried out a search and rescue operation and at the same time exhumed bodies from several mass graves.
At the end of the exercise, a total of 429 bodies were exhumed and 67 adults and 25 children were rescued.
