Cult deaths: Senate ad hoc committee to tour Shakahola on Friday

Detectives take stock of some of the bodies that were exhumed from shallow graves in Shakahola farm. [Nehemiah Okwembah, Standard]

The Senate ad hoc committee investigating the circumstances under which more than 200 people lost their lives in the Shakahola religious cult will embark on a fact finding mission on Friday.

The committee led by Tana River Senator Danson Mungatana is expected to proceed to Kilifi county where it will meet the affected families, the county government leaders, County Commissioner and the security team.