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Embakasi South Member of Parliament Musili Mawathe has asked police officers to refrain from teargassing curious Kware residents camping at the dumpsite to witness the retrieval of bodies at the area dumpsite.

Speaking during the funeral of Henry Ongoma Ambetsa, brother to former Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparana in Mabole, Kakamega County on Saturday, July 13, 2024, Musili stated that the move by police in a bid to disperse the curious residents is wrong and uncalled for.

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

“Tafadhali, sisi tunataka kama wakaaji wa Embakasi South muwache kuja kutupa miili hapa. Hapa ama Kware hatutaki, Kama wakenya, tunataka jawabu…what happened to those young people? Ukiwaangalia miili yao, hata ingawa wamedecompose, ni miili ambayo ni ya watu wachanga. Hio miili ilitoka wapi ndio ije kudumpiwa hapo?

“Alafu polisi muache kupiga watu wa Embakasi South teargas, wanataka kushuhudia wajue ni nini inaendelea alafu mnawapiga teargas, mnapiga risasi tena, hio ni makosa sana,” he said.

Loosely translates to;

“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?

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

For the better part of Friday and Saturday, police have intensified efforts to disperse curious residents camping at the Kware dumpsite where mutilated bodies were 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 metres from Kware Police Station.

Four more bodies were retrieved today in an operation led by the 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.

Hussein Khalid, a human rights activist stated that the number is expected to rise as local divers indicated that there are more bodies in the pit.

“Presently in Mukuru kwa Njenga assisting with the recovery of bodies. So far four have been retrieved. Local divers are saying there are more in the pit. Sad sad scenes,” Khalid said.