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Report reveals how State officials failed to stop Shakahola massacre

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Detectives exhume bodies during the phase five exhumation inside the Shakahola forest, Kilifi county. [Marion Kithi, Standrd]

A new report has revealed how failure of government officials and police officers to investigate reports on illegal activities in Shakahola Forest, leading to the deaths of hundreds of people.

Commission on Administrative Justice (CAJ) shows that numerous reports were made to the area chief, sub-county commissioner, and area police station regarding the suspicious activities in the expansive Shakahola ranch but no action was taken.

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