Police have started investigations to unravel how 12 corpses of infants were found hidden in boxes at Pumwani hospital .
Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko made an impromptu visit to Pumwani Hospital and uncovered the bizarre act
The bodies were wrapped together in polythene bags and stuffed in three boxes inside a store as opposed to a mortuary codes.
One box contained one body, another six and another five.
Mr Sonko caught the management off guard when he visited the facility on a boda boda.
He said the visit was prompted by a video he had received showing some members of the administration ferrying bodies from the wards.
“It’s alleged by members of the public that the management shut down the machines at the Maternity Wing, leading to loss of lives of young ones,” he said during the raid.
“I want to categorically state that human life must be respected no matter the case. Stern action will be taken against anyone found to be sabotaging the good services offered to our mothers and sisters who come to deliver in this facility.”
The management struggled to to explain the circumstances under which the bodies were stuffed inside the boxes.
At first, one of the officers told the governor that only one baby had died in the last 24 hours.
But Mr Sonko said he had credible information that there were more.
He then ordered one of the workers to open the boxes where six more were found.
Buoyed, the county boss asked the man to open another box where five more bodied were found.
After the raid, Mr Sonko alerted senior police officers to look into the matter.
“This is a police matter. You can’t lose 12 babies in a day,” he said.