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All the eight bodies so far recovered from the Kware area in Embakasi were female, severely dismembered, in different states of decomposition, and wrapped in sacks.

The acting Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja said the manner of killings was so distinctive and bears all the hallmarks of the work of a very organised group, possibly a cult or serial killers. In a joint press address yesterday, Kanja and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Director Mohamed Amin said following the recovery of the bodies on Friday, investigations were launched, adding that five more bags were retrieved from the same quarry on Saturday.

Three of the bags contained human body parts, while the other two contained a dog carcass and garbage respectively.

DCI Amin said the modus operandi was almost the same, all victims were female, aged between 18 and 30, and were disguised and packaged in the same manner and dumped at the same spot in the dumpsite. According to him, there are various circumstances behind the gruesome murders.

 “Are we dealing with a cult that is associated with criminal activities? Are we dealing with serial killers that are also associated with criminal activities? Or even, could we be dealing with rogue medical practitioners who are dealing with criminal activities?

 All these are hypotheses we have tried to bring on board,” DCI Amin said. Kanja said the police understood the deep concern and distress the killings brought to the families, residents of Kware and fellow Kenyans and said the probe will be finalised in the next 21 days.

To ensure a fair and unbiased investigation, Kanja also directed that all officers from Kware Police Station be transferred.

“Our departmental resources and officers, in collaboration with the ODPP, are working tirelessly to conclude the investigation within 21 days. Furthermore, we are committed to ensuring transparency throughout the post-mortem examination process by collaborating with relevant stakeholders, including the Media and Civil Society

The police boss also appealed to members of the public to avoid any speculations and instead give room to investigation.

 “We urge members to also collaborate with us, by volunteering information with our Homicide Investigations Unit at DCI, or the nearest Police Station, so that we bring the perpetrators of these heinous acts to book,” he said.

Members of the public have disputed the figures, saying more bodies have been retrieved from the dump site. Some of the locals threatened journalists by claiming that they were deliberately misleading the public on the number of bodies so far recovered.

 “Five more bags were retrieved from the same quarry yesterday (Saturday). Three of the bags contained human body parts, while the other two contained a dog carcass and garbage respectively,” Kanja clarified.

 Crime scene disturbed The DCI boss Amin however warned that due to the huge number of people visiting the dumpsite, some of them very hostile, the scene had substantially been disturbed and the detectives may get some challenges collecting evidence.

 “Members of the public should collaborate. 70 per cent of the success of any investigation is how we examine the crime scene. If we don’t preserve the crime scene, if we allow members of the public to contaminate it, we will not go far,” the DCI boss appealed to the public.

 According to Amin, the bodies were at different levels of decomposition but Victims suffered equal fate.

The detectives from the Homicide Department have also recorded statements from various witnesses including the fam[1]ily of Josephine Owino, who claim to have had a dream that led them to search for her in the dumpsite.

 Owino is said to have gone missing about two weeks ago. Horrific revelations Peris Keya claimed her search for the missing sister led to the horrific revelations, adding that she had several visions in her sleep where the sister directed her to a river.

They then went to Kware where they saw the sacks that were well wrapped. They then informed the people working at the dumpsite who later confirmed that some of the sacks had human bodies. The missing sister received a call on June 25 from a yet-to-be-identified person. On Saturday, President William Ruto also directed the DCI to conduct a speedy probe into the deaths.

“Those who are charged with making sure investigations are done including the DCI and Homicide should conduct comprehensive investigations on the murders that we have witnessed in Kware. I assure you that all who are in[1]volved in the murder of our children will be arrested and will face the law,” the President said.

Some of the victims were dismembered the same way university student Rita Waeni was after she was killed on January 13 this year at an apartment in Roysambu, Kasarani.

 Her head was later found at a dam in Kiambaa, Kiambu county. The Chief Government pathologist who conducted the autopsy later said the killer tried to clip off the fingernails probably to hide evidence so that experts would not be able to get his or her DNA from the victim