By FELIX OLICK

The third prosecution witness against Deputy President William Ruto gave a harrowing tale of her experience in the aftermath of the 2007 post-election violence.

The witness said she saw chopped human heads hanged on sticks in villages around Eldoret town.

She also said that in Kahoya estate, there were bodies all over with some eaten by pigs and dogs.

“The ones which were eaten by dogs and pigs were around six. The rest of the bodies were about 10 to 20,” said the witness identified as 189.

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Buildings razed

The woman also said that most buildings, especially those belonging to the Kikuyu community in Kimumu village, Kahoya and in Langas, were razed and looted.

The third witness, who is testifying with her face concealed and voice distorted, said that at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret, she saw more than 100 decaying bodies.

“When you say that there were dumped ones (bodies) which were bad, are you saying that the bodies were decomposing,” asked Presiding judge Chile Eboe-Osuji and the witness said yes.

The woman said the bodies of people who were killed during the violence were just lying on the floor with the shelves only being used to keep those who died before.

And inside the wards, the woman recounted gory tales of many people with deep panga cuts as well as arrow injuries.

“Inside the wards, there were many casualties. Others had deep panga cuts and others arrows,” she said.

Many victims

She also recalled that many victims of the Kiambaa fire tragedy had been ferried to the hospital for treatment and recalled an incident where a boy of about 9-12 years could not even walk.

She, however, said that the hospital had people of mixed ethnicity.

She said the referral hospital was crowded and about two to three patients shared beds.

“Others would sleep on the floor,” she said during her examination-in-chief.

“People were going up and down. Others were crying. Others were just describing what had happened.”

The woman who was part of Warembo na Kibaki, a lobby group that was drumming support for retired President Mwai Kibaki, said at Kiambaa, burnt bodies were visible.