Why the Shakahola nightmare will take long to find a closure

Only 34 of the 429 exhumed bodies have been matched with the DNA of family members who came forward. As exhumations begin again next week, the death toll is already inching towards the combined death toll of Kenya's worst terror attacks (460). They include the 1998 US Embassy (220), 2013 Westgate (71), 2015 Garissa University (147) and 2019 Dusit Hotel attacks (22).

The enormity of what happened one year ago cannot be told in the arithmetic of deaths. For a comprehensive understanding, both the 216-page ad hoc Senate Committee October 2023 report and March 2024 KNCHR anniversary update are essential reading.