Kenyan politicians detained as ”mass grave” row escalates

Six Kenyan politicians have been detained over comments they made about the alleged discovery of mass graves in the north-east. The six, including prominent lawmaker Billow Kerrow, were taken to a police building for questioning. Mr Kerrow suggested that the graves were of people killed by the security forces. The interior minister said the allegation […]

Six Kenyan politicians have been detained over comments they made about the alleged discovery of mass graves in the north-east.
The six, including prominent lawmaker Billow Kerrow, were taken to a police building for questioning.
Mr Kerrow suggested that the graves were of people killed by the security forces.
The interior minister said the allegation was false, and undermined efforts to tackle militant Islamists.
Fifteen sites had been exhumed in Mandera county, and no mass graves had been found, Joseph Nkaissery said in a statement.
The body of one woman has been found.
Mr Kerrow and the other politicians had caused “unnecessary alarm and fear following outlandish and unsubstantiated allegations”, he added.