The government will extend the search for survivors and bodies in the Shakahola cult to Tsavo East National Park.
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki on Sunday said the government was pursuing followers of the cult who are believed to have shifted their base to the park to avoid the ongoing search.
"The search for and rescue of survivors within Shakahola Forest and the Chakama Ranch generally will continue uninterrupted and will be extended into the edges of the neighbouring Tsavo East National Park in the coming days using ground and drone search," Kindiki said.
On Saturday, Kindiki said that only the search for graves and exhumation of the victims had been suspended to allow for logistical arrangements for the post-mortem examination of the additional 123 bodies recovered in phase 2 of the exhumation exercise.
Phase two of the post-mortem exercise will commence on May 24.
He said the grave search and exhumation shall resume after the conclusion of the Phase 2 post-mortem exercise.
In the first post-mortem exercise, 110 bodies were examined.
The total number of exhumed bodies currently stands at 239.
The senate committee probing the matter led by Tana River Senator Danson Mungatana on Saturday toured the scene.
The victims are said to have been influenced by embattled pastor Paul Mackenzie to starve to death to meet their creator.
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