River Yala Body Identified As Family Outcries Gov’t Complacency
The body of a 29-year-old secondary school teacher found in the River Yala has finally been identified by relatives.
On August 27, 2024, the body of Nicholas Kipkorir Ng’etich, a teacher at Emalindi Girls’ High School in Kakamega, was discovered and retrieved from Ndanu Falls in the River Yala.
Family cries for justice after body of missing kin was found in River Yala pic.twitter.com/90PJ58eWzw
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He is suspected of having been kidnapped and murdered by unknown individuals.
According to the deceased’s colleagues, led by Cornelius Chumba, a video posted on social media drew relatives, friends, and colleagues in.
Human rights activists in Haki Africa posted a video of a body being retrieved from River Yala.
Activists to government: End dumping of bodies in River Yala once and for all pic.twitter.com/HJEZsFeFFf
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They traced the body in the Siaya County Referral Hospital mortuary and positively identified it as Ng’etich, who went missing on August 10, 2024.
Chumba, who spoke to journalists at the mortuary where the body was being picked up, revealed that Kipkorir, a Kuresoi South resident, was killed elsewhere and his body dumped into the river rather than drowning.
He stated that the body was in bad shape and was already decomposing, implying that he had been brutally murdered.
Family members, led by the slain teacher’s uncle Samuel Rotich, said they had lost a young, promising graduate.
He has thus urged security agencies to conduct thorough investigations to ensure justice is served.
River Yala Body Identified As Family Outcries Gov’t Complacency
