The High Court in Malindi has allowed the homicide detective to exhume the remains of cult members interred in shallow mass graves near Shakahola Forest, Kilifi county.
State prosecutor, Barack Chirchir, said on Tuesday the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) will begin the exercise following the court order.
Homicide detectives and forensic experts from DCI headquarters in Nairobi began the search and marking of more graves at the Kwa Binzaro village near Shakahola.
Malindi Sub County Police boss, Moses Kiprono, said that exhumation will commence immediately after the mapping of the area inside the expansive Chakama Forest. "The Nairobi team took over the investigation.