Residents of Longonot Village in Naivasha were on Monday morning shocked to find 19 bodies exhumed from a nearby cemetery and eaten by hyenas.
The residents blamed the grave-diggers and the undertaker whom they say did a shoddy work by digging shallow graves.
“These bodies were buried recently but the people only dug the grave to four and half feet,” said a resident via Citizen tv.
The residents said that the graves are dug by drunk men who do it at night in order to evade paying taxes.
“These men come at night and just dig the graves yet we have paid taxes to have the cemetery attended to, but a few people act irresponsibly and cause us all distress,” a local said.
The residents now fear these bodies could lead to the spread of diseases as their dogs and chicken feed on the remains.
The residents said that such incidents used to happen in the 80’s and now they blame the County government for failing to take care of the cemeteries.