Families troop to Yala morgue as two bodies identified

Felix Ruto, a Bomet resident and Ismael Okumu from Mumias at Yalla sub county hospital mortuary where they had come to identify bodies retrieved from River Yala. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

Distraught families whose relatives have been missing yesterday started identifying bodies retrieved from River Yala.

This, however, comes as police said some of the victims could be from far-flung areas.

Meshack Chepkwony from Kipkelion in Kericho County is among those who identified the remains of his brother who disappeared in Nairobi on December 3. A distressed Chepkwony said his brother Philemon Cheruiyot operated businesses, including a supermarket, and lived...