Mother in trouble for allegedly starving, suffocating two children "to become heroes before God"

A Malindi court has ordered the exhumation of the bodies of two minors who are believed to have been starved and later suffocated to death by their mother.

The court heard that the mother intended for them to die and "become heroes before God after death."

According to the investigating officer, Joseph Yator, drawn from the DCI in Malindi, they managed to rescue a third child. 

"The rescued child narrated the sufferings his two siblings underwent after being starved for some time before their mother suffocated them to death," Director of Public Prosecution said.

Yator further told the court that the suspects- Isaac Ngala, Emily Kaunga, and Paul Mackenzie- buried the two minors on March 16 and 17, respectively, in a shallow grave at Shakahola village within Malindi.

The government pathologist and officers from DCI Malindi will supervise the exhumation exercise, and the sub-county police commander and area OCS will provide security.

Exhumed bodies will be examined and DNA and toxicological samples taken.