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Heads should roll over Shakahola massacre

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By Editorial | May 29, 2023

**Homicide detectives collect some of the bodies that were retrieved from shallow graves within Shakahola forest in Kilifi County.** [Marion Kithi, Standard]

The President last month apologised over the Shakohola massacre. He said: "As the President, Shakahola should not have happened. For that I truly say I'm sorry."

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki has too apologised. "We failed as organs of national security. The tragedy at Shakahola forest should have been detected and averted. I tender an unqualified apology to the people of Kenya on behalf of the security sector, past and present," he said.

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