River Enziu tragedy: 21 bodies of victims released to families after forensic identification

Twenty one bodies of victims of the River Enziu tragedy were on Wednesday released to their families after a positive forensic identification.

The family members are presently collecting the bodies, even as they say they want to transfer their loved ones to well-equipped funeral homes.

The families complained of incapacity of Mwingi Level 4 Hospital mortuary to hold huge number of bodies, noting that there might be cases of decomposition.

However, Kitui Health CEC Dr. Winnie Kitetu said all bodies of victims of the river accident had been properly embalmed and were well kept.

The CEC noted that only bodies that have been positively identified by use of fingerprints and DNA analysis would be released to respective families.

Some of the bereaved  families appealed to the government to hasten the identification process to allow grieving families move the bodies to other funeral homes.

A requiem mass for all the victims is set to be conducted at St Joseph's Seminary in Mwingi town.