Mandera-Kenya-(PP)-Eleven MPs from Mandera and Wajir counties yesterday reacted angrily to the discovery of a mass grave at Lethe in Arabia Ward within Mandera East constituency.
The shallow grave with 12 bodies, including a woman’s, has sparked fears of a return of extra-judicial killings in an area where police and military forces have been battling Al Shabaab militants.
Speaking at a press conference at Parliament Buildings, the leaders condemned the incident and asked President Uhuru Kenyatta to intervene.
“President Uhuru Kenyatta should take this matter seriously by forming an independent team to investigate the issue immediately, failure to which we will call upon the ICC and UN to investigate because this is a crime against humanity,” said Mandera Senator Billow Kerrow.
In Mombasa, Haki Africa Rights group demanded a probe of the alleged mass grave in Mandera and announced that it suspects there are other mass graves in Tsavo National Park in Taita Taveta County.
Local residents in Arabia told The Standard that herdsmen stumbled on the suspected burial site on Sunday. Their curiosity was aroused by the fact that although raised heaps of earth resembled a burial site, there were no known residents in that area.
Sooyaal;PP
Source;Standard