At least eight decomposing bodies, each wrapped in body bags, were discovered in a quarry in Mukuru, Embakasi South, Kenya. This grim discovery comes three weeks after violent anti-tax protests marked by police shootings, abductions, and enforced disappearances.
The protests, which erupted due to unpopular tax hikes and economic hardship, reached a critical point on June 25th when demonstrators breached the Kenyan Parliament. Accounts of numerous abductions and enforced disappearances during the unrest have surfaced, adding to the growing tension in the country.
The Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) provided details about the discovery in a tweet on Friday, stating, “Some of the bodies retrieved from a quarry in Mukuru, Embakasi South, today were mutilated. By the time of this publication, eight bodies had been recovered—six in the morning and two in the afternoon.”
KHRC has called for accountability, urging the government led by President William Ruto to address these heinous crimes. “Kenya Kwanza regime, led by @WilliamsRuto, must take accountability for this heinous crime,” the tweet emphasized.
In a statement, the Kenyan police’s Department of Criminal Investigation noted, “Preliminary investigations suggest a similar mode of killing for the deceased. The bodies have been transported to the City Mortuary, where they await post-mortem examinations.”
The discovery of the bodies has intensified scrutiny on the government’s handling of the protests and the subsequent crackdown. Before Friday’s revelation, the body of Denzel Omondi, a third-year student at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology who participated in the protests against the Finance Bill, was found in a swamp in Juja. This occurred two days after protesters stormed the Kenyan Parliament.
Despite President Ruto's denial of any massacre or abductions during the protests, the recent events have cast doubt on the official narrative and have raised serious concerns about the circumstances surrounding the deaths of those discovered in the Mukuru quarry.
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