Twenty-two new mass graves have been identified in Shakahola forest.

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kindiki Kithure on Sunday noted that the graves were discovered by homicide detectives who have been combing the 800-acre piece of land raising the number from 10 graves that had been reported.

Kindiki revealed that the detectives are set to embark on third phase of exhumation starting tomorrow amid concerns that there could be more people still buried in secret graves.

The CS spoke at Sagana on Sunday during a Church service at KAG church in Ndia Constituency.

He said all the 129 bodies that had been exhumed have undergone postmortem process.

“It is sad reality but we shall leave no stone unturned until we establish the truth. So far over 242 people have died and these deaths are more than what the country has gone through in the hands of terrorists for the last five years,” Kindiki said.

Earlier on while speaking before the Ad hoc Committee on the Proliferation of Religious organisations Kindiki said it is regretted that such cruelty may have been done in the name of religion.

So far 34 people have been arrested in connection to the cult deaths including the cult leader Paul Mackenzie. 

The detectives had suspended the exhumation exercise to allow the 2nd phase of postmortem to be conducted.