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Kenya: Tánaiste amends visit after ‘serial killer’ arrest

Tánaiste (Irish deputy prime minister) Micheál Martin has cancelled a scheduled visit to a Kenyan township after a man alleged to be a serial killer was arrested on Monday.

The dismembered remains of nine bodies were discovered in a disused quarry in a suburban area which the Irish delegation had planned to visit on Wednesday.

Mr Martin said he was “disappointed” to cancel the visit to the Irish-funded Misean Cara health project in Mukuru, as a police operation continues in the area.

“That such an atrocity, multiple atrocities, could have occurred close to that is quite shocking,” the tánaiste told reporters in Nairobi on Tuesday.

“We have to await further details and background to this, but it’s quite shocking,” Mr Martin added.

“One of the strongest contributions we make through our development humanitarian aid is to support women and young girls in particular.”

It is understood the delegation’s trip was cancelled following security advice from the Ambassador of Ireland to Kenya on Monday evening.


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