Cleric arrested for exhuming relatives' bodies in land deal

Bishop Samuel Macharia (third left) collects remains of bodies of relatives he had had exhumed at Kinamba in Naivasha before he was arrested yesterday. [Anthony Gitonga, Standard]

A cleric was yesterday arrested after he was found exhuming bodies of his relatives at Kinamba in Naivasha yesterday.

Bishop Samuel Macharia, of Christ Exalt Adoption Church, wanted to exhume seven bodies, including those of his wife, son and mother, so he could sell the land to the owner of a nearby quarry.