Siaya Governor Rasanga wants all unclaimed River Yala bodies transferred to Nairobi

Siaya Governor Cornel Rasanga now wants all unclaimed bodies that are lying at the Yala sub-county hospital mortuary to be transferred to the City Mortuary in Nairobi as investigations continue to identify them.

According to Governor Rasanga, the mortuary which has a capacity of keeping only 16 bodies is currently overstretched while unclaimed bodies currently stand at 24, hence the need for the transfer.

Rasanga stated that they believe those bodies do not belong to the people from Siaya since nobody has been reported missing from the county.

The governor, who addressed the press in his office on Friday, revealed that the Yala morgue currently has a total of 38 bodies, including the 24 unclaimed ones, recovered from River Yala over the last one year.

He stated that the number is way beyond the capacity that the mortuary should be keeping at any given time, thereby compromising the quality of preservation at the facility.

Rasanga added his voice in calling upon the government investigative agencies to carry out in-depth investigations to unravel the circumstances under which those bodies ended up in the waters of River Yala so that an appropriate action can be taken against the perpetrators.

He further appealed that the investigations be expedited to facilitate prompt identification of the bodies and where possible they be released to the relatives and those still unclaimed be disposed of in accordance with the law.