Bomet: Woman Arrested As Police Exhume Bodies Of Her 2 Daughters From Shallow Grave

• On Tuesday, September 10, police in Bomet county obtained court orders to exhume two bodies from a shallow grave
• Homicide detectives exhumed the bodies of two girls, aged 12 and 9, who were buried secretly in a tea plantation
• The woman, who was cohabiting with a man, had gone missing for two weeks before neighbours discovered the shallow grave in Sotik

Amos Khaemba, a journalist at TUKO.co.ke, brings over three years of experience covering politics and current affairs in Kenya.

Bomet - Police in Sotik, Bomet county, have launched investigations over the alleged murder of two minors in Nyatembe village.

On Tuesday, September 10, homicide detectives exhumed the bodies of two girls, aged 12 and 9, who were buried secretly in a shallow grave, as reported by KTN News.

Is a man linked to Bomet twin murders?

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI ) arrested a mother of five after the bodies of her daughters were exhumed.

Preliminary investigations indicate the woman, who was cohabiting with a man, had gone missing for two weeks before neighbours discovered the shallow grave in a tea plantation next to the home.

According to neighbours, the missing man was living with the woman, but he is not the biological father of the five children.

Confirming the incident, area chief Lenny Kirui said a manhunt had been launched for the man suspected to be behind the twin murders.

The woman is being held at Sotik Police Station while the bodies were taken to Kapkatet Hospital mortuary pending postmortem.

How police exhumed body in Trans Nzoia

In Trans Nzoia county, police obtained a court order to exhume an unknown number of bodies believed to be buried in a shallow grave.

Homicide detectives retrieved the body of a woman wrapped in a blanket from the shallow grave outside a mud house in Kaliwa village, Waitaluk ward.

The woman whose body was exhumed was identified as that of Alice Chemutai, who was a resident of Kitale town.

Trans Nzoia DCI boss Paul Songok led homicide officers at the home where the body was exhumed.

Three suspects were arrested as the homicide officers were deployed to guard a home last night.

Proofreading by Otukho Jackson, a multimedia journalist and copy editor at TUKO.co.ke