PREMIUM River of death: Ruiru waterway where criminals dump murder victims For years, the river carried water to the farms and homes. Today, it carries bodies dumped by criminals. News Just now

In the last three months, local traders who sell plants and seedlings and use the water in their makeshift small greenhouses say it is no longer a river but a crime scene after six bodies were retrieved.

Photo credit: File | Nation Ruiru Sub-county Police Commander Charles Kibathi told Daily Nation in an interview last week that the concerns raised by the locals are legitimate but the numbers of the people who have been found dumped in Ruiru River could be exaggerated.

In the last three months, we have retrieved five bodies with all signs that they were killed somewhere else and dumped here,’’ Agnes Muthoni who is a casual labourer at nearby seedlings farm told Daily Nation last week on Saturday “It is common to find body floating.