Pathologists and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) are accused of running an extortion cartel that rips off grieving families. "Our relative Joseph Kamau was gunned down by police in Murang'a County on 12 March 2023 on suspicion of being a bank robber. The postmortem cost us Sh15,000 and the DCI witness in the case charged Sh5,000. "The mandatory postmortem cost me Sh35,000, of which the pathologist took Sh20,000 while the DCI got Sh5,000. On August 23, 2023, Mr Simon Karongo lost his son Edwin Kibata, 23, in a road accident in Murang'a County.

Source: Daily Nation August 27, 2023 17:32 UTC