Identification of Siaya tanker victims begins as families seek closure

A team of DNA experts from government chemist collects samples from the relatives of those who died while siphoning fuel at Malanga in Gem constituency Siaya [Collins Oduor, Standard]

Families who lost their kin in the horrific fuel tanker burst in Malanga in Siaya turned up in their numbers at the Yala Sub-County Hospital mortuary to have their samples taken for DNA testing. The move is part of the efforts to determine the identity of the 13 bodies that were burnt beyond recognition during the accident.

The families are hoping the test will enable them identify the bodies of their kin to enable them proceed with burial plans. Most of them who were still optimistic that their kin were not part of the victims resigned to fate and offered their samples taken for DNA testing. DNA experts from the Government Chemist in Kisumu took samples from the mothers of the missing relatives.