Mung'aro rescinds decision to move Shakahola bodies

Mung'aro was accompanied by Kilifi County Assembly Majority Leader Ibrahim Athman and journalists from international media.

Addressing journalists at the mortuary, Mung’aro said the containers were not using electricity paid for by the county government as alleged but relied on gas.

On Thursday last week, the governor during a function in Magarini gave the national government up to Monday to remove the bodies, failure to which his officers would tow the containers to Nairobi.

Mung’aro complained that the county government was incurring huge electricity expenses due to power connected to the containers.

He also complained that the bodies were emitting a foul smell to the wards he had recently renovated and equipped.

But after touring the facility on Sunday, Mung'aro said the bodies were not emitting any foul smell.

He explained that he had confirmed the smell around the mortuary was from bodies being preserved in the main county facility.

He said the Sh36 million electricity bill that was incurred before the containers were connected to gas was being handled by the Ministry of Interior.

“Now, I know that they discontinued the electricity after embalming the bodies,” he said.