TWO BODIES OF THE FOUR KITENGELA MISSING FRIENDS FOUND.

By Caleb Kinyanjui. 

Two bodies of four friends who have been missing since April 19 were found in two public mortuaries.

One was found in Murang’a and the other in Thika, Kiambu County, which is about 50 kilometers away from Kitengela, where they had been abducted.

Benjamin Imbai 30, Elijah Obuong 35, Brian Oduor 36, and Jack Ochieng 37, had been missing for two weeks.

The body of Obuong was found near Mukungai stream in Murang’a and taken to the local mortuary last week.

Obuong’s young brother Michael Amollo identified the body Thursday.

Police said they were notified by sand harvesters of a body stashed in a gunny bag under the bridge of Mukungai River along Murang'a-Iyego-Kangema Road on April 20 around 10am. The body had no visible injuries. This was a day after they went missing.

The body of Imbai was also identified at the Thika Level Five Hospital mortuary by his family and friends on Wednesday. They used beards and a tattoo he had to identify him.

The body had been collected from a thicket in the area.

Police said they are yet to know who was behind the murders but investigations are ongoing. A postmortem on the bodies is planned.

The motive of the killings is yet to be known.

A relative of Imbai said they were scared to even speak to the media over the incident.

The search for the other missing men is ongoing amid reports of more bodies being brought to Nyeri since Tuesday.

Efforts by the families of the other men to identify them are ongoing.

The four friends were abducted outside Club Enkare in Kitengela where they had ordered drinks for lunch before they were seen leaving the joint at about 3pm.

According to witnesses, they left towards the parking lot where their white Toyota Mark X of registration plate KCQ 715C was.

It is believed they were abducted by experts because there was no commotion. Their car was found about 500 meters away from the parking lot of the restaurant.

The four were known to be good friends and frequently met.

Imbai lived in Athi River, Obuong in Kayole, Ochieng in Donholm and Oduor in Embakasi.

Imbai's younger brother, Elvis Imbai said they found the whereabouts of the car as a result of a Facebook post.

"Someone posted on Facebook that a car belonging to my brother's friends had been parked near a club in Kitengela on April 20. When we got there we found three jackets on the back seat," he stated.

Elvis alerted Kitengela police officers who towed the car to the station.