In a rather bizarre incident, a Bishop has been arrested after he was caught exhuming bodies of his kin, claiming that he wanted to sell a parcel of land where they had been buried.
According to reports, Bishop Samuel Macharia of ‘Christ Exalt Adoption Church’ wanted to bury the bodies in another piece of land so that workers in a nearby quarry could extend to the land.
During the incident near Kinamba quarries, the Bishop from one of the evangelical churches was stopped as he attempted to exhume four other bodies that were buried a couple of years back.
The cleric defended his actions saying that he had tried to obtain a court order but the process had taken a lot of time.
He said that he decided to personally exhume the bodies as it was very expensive to hire experts in the field confirming that he had already exhumed three of the seven bodies.
Among the bodies that the Bishop from the Akorino faith had exhumed included that of his wife, son and mother before police and officials from public health intervened.
Following the incident, relatives and neighbors jumped to his defense saying that it was the norm for area residents to relocate graves so as to lease the land to quarry workers.
This comes days a mother in the same village exhumed the body of her one-year-old daughter claiming that she could pray for her resurrection.
Matungu Killings
Elsewhere, at least 15 suspects have been arrested in connection with the spate of killings in Matungu, Kakamega County.
The Western Regional Commissioner Anne Ngetich said a number of police officers who had overstayed at their stations had been transferred.
Area residents have called for the inclusion of Nyumba Kumi in the government’s effort to root out the spiralling crime in the area. Early this week, attackers stabbed a grade one pupil to death in Simba Wanyika village, Kakamega County.
The boy was the latest victim of murder by criminal gangs. Last week Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr Fred Matiang’i visited the troubled area and announced a raft of strategies to arrest the situation.
Meanwhile, the court has ordered two suspects linked to the murder of the pupil be detained at the Kakamega Central Police station for 14 days.
Fredrick Shitechi Osore and Anerico McJimmy are alleged to have stabbed Malik Moi to death on Sunday evening at his home. The suspects were caught in their hideouts in Mumias West and Matungu Sub Counties respectively.
The boy’s parents, who are Muslims, were at the mosque observing Ramadhan. The victim was a grade one pupil at Bulimbo Star Academy and the case will be mentioned on 5th June.