Elijah Obuong’s mother: Why I exhumed son’s body

Elijah Obuong', one of the four men who went missing on April 19, 2021, in Kitengela, Kajiado County. His body was later found dumped in a river in Murang'a County on April 29. [Courtesy]

Caroline Akinyi, the mother of Elijah Obuong’, one of the Kitengela Four men, says her son’s body is “safe”, and that no one should worry about where she took it after the exhumation drama on June 2. 

Obuong’ had been buried on May 13 in Holo Village, Chemilil in Kisumu County before seven people, one of them alleged to be his mother, exhumed his remains on June 2, and took them to an undisclosed location.