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Okite, diver who has retrieved bodies for 26 years has seen it all

Nicholas Okero Okite at River Yala in Gem Siaya County where dead bodies are normally dumped in sacks. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

As the uproar over bodies dumped in River Yala and the mystery over the identity of the victims continue, one man has been instrumental in retrieving remains from the waters in the last 26 years.

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