A government analyst, on Thursday, told the court that samples taken from bodies exhumed from Shakahola forest did not have traces of poison or toxic substances.

However, the government analyst, David Ngumbao, declined to state whether the bodies were transported from elsewhere to be dumped or buried inside the Shakahola forest in Malindi, Kilifi County.

Mr Ngumbau, said he took soil, kidney, and liver samples from some bodies to establish if they died from ingestion of poison or chemicals.

More than 400 followers of Good News International (GNI) of self-declared Pastor Paul Makenzi died from starvation inside the Shakahola Forest.