Embakasi South MP Calls For Restraint As Police Disperse Curious Residents At Kware Dumpsite

Embakasi South MP Calls for Restraint as Police Disperse Curious Residents at Kware Dumpsite

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Post published:July 13, 2024
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Embakasi South Member of Parliament Musili Mawathe has urged police officers to refrain from using teargas to disperse curious residents of Embakasi South who are camping at the Kware dumpsite to witness the retrieval of bodies.

Speaking during the funeral of Henry Ongoma Ambetsa, the brother of former Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparana in Mabole, Kakamega County, Mr. Musili stated that the police’s move to disperse the residents is wrong and uncalled for.

“As residents of Embakasi South, we ask those involved to stop dumping bodies in our area, as Kenyans, we demand answers…what happened to those young people? When you look at the bodies, despite decomposing, you can tell these were young people. Where did those bodies come from before being dumped there?” Musili said in Kiswahili.

He also wondered what transpired before the bodies were dumped at the Kware dumpsite, calling on authorities to investigate and swiftly bring those involved to justice.

Embakasi South MP Calls for Restraint as Police Disperse Curious Residents at Kware Dumpsite 1

“Police should stop teargassing residents of Embakasi South, they just want to see what’s going on, teargassing them is very wrong,” Musili added

For the better part of Friday and Saturday, police have intensified efforts to disperse curious residents camping at the Kware dumpsite, where mutilated bodies have been retrieved.

The residents expressed shock over the incident, narrating that more bodies are still being retrieved from the dumpsite, which is less than a hundred meters from the Kware Police Station.

Four more bodies were retrieved today in an operation led by Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) officials, a homicide team, and the Recce Squad.

Yesterday, human rights groups indicated that 9 bodies had been recovered from the site, and Hussein Khalid, a human rights activist, stated that the number is expected to rise as local divers have indicated that there are more bodies in the pit.

So far four have been retrieved. Local divers are saying there are more in the pit. Sad sad scenes,” Khalid said.