Hussein Khalid demands justice for Kware victims
Human rights activist Hussein Khalid has demanded justice for the families of the Kware victims, where several bodies were found dumped in a quarry.
According to the human rights activist who shared his remarks on Wednesday, August 20, 2025, on his official X account, the families of the victims are still crying for justice for their loved ones.
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On his part, it has been over a year since the gruesome discovery of dismembered bodies of women at the Kware dump site in Mukuru Kwa Njenga, yet justice remains out of reach for the victims and their families.
“Elusive justice is what we see every day in Kenya. It’s over a year since the Kware murders, and chopped-up bodies of women were discovered and retrieved from the Kware dump site in Mukuru Kwa Njenga,” Hussein wrote.
While recounting the July 2024 incident, Hussein highlighted the struggles the families of the victims went through when they were called upon to identify the remains of their kin.
“I was there when limbs, heads, and torsos of women were fished out of the dump site and taken to the city mortuary. I was with the families when they went to identify their kin from the chopped-up remains,” he wrote.
Likewise, Hussein has revealed that they were notified that the prime suspect in the incident escaped while locals continue to live with the trauma of what transpired.
“No words can express what the families felt. To date, no one has been held accountable. We were told the prime suspect “escaped.” Bodies, in parts, are still believed to be rotting in the dump site. Locals continue to live with the trauma of what transpired,” Hussein wrote.
Bodies dumped
At least nine dismembered and decomposing bodies were found in sacks over a week at the Mukuru kwa Njenga quarry in 2024, which is now used as a rubbish dump.
At the time of the incident, local searchers working with the police told reporters they counted more than nine bodies.
Police further said the victims included eight women, while it was not clear if the ninth deceased was male or female. All were aged between 18 and 30 and were killed in the same way.
Police said the murders started in 2022, and the most recent killing was in July 2024.
At the time, police zeroed in on Collins Jumaisi Khalusha, 33, as a key person of interest after an analysis of money transfers made on a mobile phone belonging to one of the victims, officials said.
