For the relatives of students missing after the attack on Garissa University College, the slow pace of the identification process and some confusion are compounding their distress.
The authorities have acknowledged several cases where two families had claimed the same body.
Isaac Mutua Mutisya is the father of missing 20-year-old business management student Risper Mutindi.
“I was here yesterday to look for the body of my daughter, which I identified. But I found that it had already been identified by somebody else, so I have come here today to clarify whether it is my daughter’s body or someone else’s,” he said.
Extra measures are being taken to tighten identification procedures.
“So as of now, last night, we had the National Registration Bureau going through the fingerprints, matching them, the entire night to make sure they are scientifically determined the identity of those bodies,” Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Health, James Macharia told a news conference.
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