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Some of the 32 bodies, including 25 children, are believed to have come from local hospitals and mortuaries.
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The exhumation was done after the police obtained a court order to retrieve 14 bodies that were initially believed to have been buried at the site.
Government pathologist Richard Njoroge told journalists on Tuesday evening that what they found was "quite unusual" with bodies "stacked in gunny bags", after a day-long process that was interrupted by heavy rains.
A post-mortem examination is expected to begin on Wednesday, amid calls to promptly identify the bodies and investigate the circumstances of the deaths.
Njoroge said there were "seven adults and 25 children", with the children being infants and foetuses. A number of body parts were also retrieved.
The pathologist added that some of the bodies appeared to have originated from hospitals and mortuaries but that would be further determined after autopsies.
He noted that the adult remains were highly decomposed, with those of the children less so, which he said indicated that they died at different times.
On Monday, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said their initial findings indicated that 13 unclaimed bodies had officially been released from a hospital in neighbouring Nyamira county and transported to Kericho for burial last Friday.
However, many questions remain about the additional bodies and the manner of burial.
It is also not clear how the bodies came to be buried at the site that belongs to the National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK), which has denied links to the secret burial.
An official of the organisation told the local Daily Nation news website that the burial was conducted without their approval and caught NCCK officials by surprise.
The DCI had earlier said it was investigating whether there was any criminal activity besides the reported irregularities in the burial process.
Two suspects, a public health officer from Nyamira and a cemetery caretaker, have reporte
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