Former Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr Fred Matiang’i distanced himself from 30 bodies discovered nearby River Yala. The bodies were reported to be as a result of extrajudicial killings.

Speaking to a local media house, he said that he followed up on this matter until the end of his tenure as Interior CS.

Matiang’i claimed that he escalated the matter with then Police Inspector General (IG) Hillary Mutyambai as handling the matter himself was above his scope.

“We asked the Police IG, and it was agreed that the DCI should spend some time there. When they came back, we demanded an inquest,” he stated.

“However, the DCI required families to positively identify the bodies to establish the circumstances of their deaths. By the time we left office, the file was still open as investigations were ongoing. I didn’t leave with the file, it was a police matter,” he told Citizen TV.

Matiang’i divulged that he had been hoping they would be a public inquest in this matter an other extrajudicial killings such as  Jacob Juma, Sergeant Kipyegon Kenei cases.

“The incident was reported and I know it the way you know it. We asked several questions about the matter.”

“There were several cases, such as Jacob Juma, Sergeant Kipyegon Kenei ,which were also under investigation. The DCI kept saying the file is still open, even if you’re the President, there’s nothing you can do. You go by what the Police IG tells you.”