Shakahola massacre: Why victims kin are planning to bury banana stems

Homicide detectives carrying bodies of cult victims in Shakahola forest, Kilifi county. {Marion Kithi, Standard]

The shock of the Shakahola mass cult deaths remains palpable for survivors and families who lost their loved ones, and the two-year wait for the bodies to be identified has upended their lives.

For many families, the agonising wait to collect the bodies of their loved ones and give them a decent burial has been an emotional ordeal.