One of 30 suspects being held in police custody for his alleged role in Kenya’s doomsday starvation cult has died. Joseph Juma Buyuka had gone on hunger strike at the beginning of the month to protest his detention. Latest:
Image caption: Parents like Biira Slivia are desperately hoping for news of their missing children
"It’s good news... However, I would like to go there to see for myself who these people really are," said Onesmus Kimadi Hurubana, who lost his son, security guard Elphanas Mbusa, and his grandson, pupil Elton Masereka. The late Mr Mbusa’s wife, Biira Slivia, is in agony as her son Brian has not been found, explaining:"They took my blood sample to do the DNA test but I’ve not heard back from them. We shall wait for what the government will tell us."
The BBC learnt that a girl who was in a critical condition at the intensive care unit at Bwera General Hospital has died. A surgeon had advised that she could not be moved because of a severe head injury from being hit with a hammer by the attackers.
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