The doctors are expected tomorrow morning to carry out the tests to help identify the bodies that were burnt beyond recognition.
Homa Bay DC Nur Dube said some parents had not identified their children, and the best solution was a DNA test.
Homa Bay Hospital Medical Superintendent Ojwang’ Ayoma confirmed that only four children had been identified. The medic’s statement negated previous reports that indicated that the number of bodies identified children had risen to five.
Dr Ayoma said his medical officers were ready to help any parents identify their children, especially if the deceased’s individual conditions can allow.
“We received some parents and many relatives of the deceased girls yesterday. We identified four of them while the other four have not been identified.” Ayoma added.
The bodies are still lying at the Homa Bay District Hospital Mortuary where they were taken on Wednesday night.
Parents and relatives used various methods such body posture, teeth arrangement, and other parts of the body, which were not destroyed completely, to identify their children.
There are contradictory reports as to what the pupils were doing in school even though Education Minister Mutula Kilonzo had outlawed holiday tuition. The school management said the students were from an academic tour of Nairobi and Nakuru, while parents say the pupils were on holiday tuition.
Saturday 25 August 2012
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