"The graves were sunken after the rains because they were shallow and it was easy to identify," said Charles Kamau, Malindi DCIO.
Pathologists will take samples of DNA and conduct tests to ascertain if the deceased succumbed to starvation.
Abass Ike Ntunde, a Nigerian citizen was looking for a wife and daughter after they left their Nairobi home two weeks ago and travelled to the remote Kilifi village in search of the pastor and his Church.
"My wife and my three-year-old daughter left Nairobi two weeks ago and joined her mother and two sisters who were already in this village," said an alarmed Abass yesterday.
He alleged that his wife left her job in the military and sold her land worth Sh7 million and took the money to the church as tithes and offerings.
Coast region director of children services George Migosi said children are the most affected victims of the cult.
"Most of the graves that were identified were of children because they were the most vulnerable," he said.
So far four children were confirmed by police to have died as the exercise continues amid growing fears that the number could rise.
Pastor Makenzi is said to have named the affected villages as Nazareth, Bethlehem, and Judea.
These villages also have water ponds which Makenzi is believed to have used to baptize his followers before embarking on the fast.
In every village, the "man of God" chose security teams and named them "disciples."
A human rights activist Mathias Shipeta from Haki Africa urged the government to conduct a thorough search and make sure that all the bodies are exhumed.
"We want the bodies to be exhumed and Makenzi's followers to be detained and charged," said another human rights activist Victor Kaudo of Malindi Human Rights.