With dumped bodies, L Victoria could be one large crime scene

Fredrick Ojiro points at a decomposed body at the banks of River Yala in Gem, Siaya County, where bodies have been dumped in sacks. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

Headlines that up to 30 bodies have been retrieved from the River Yala over the last six months is chilling. As investigators, human rights defenders and journalists scramble to understand how they got there, we must also explore our national policy framework and current capacities for forensically investigating the rising cases of enforced disappearances, dumped and unidentified bodies.