Monday, 26 bodies were exhumed- the highest number of bodies exhumed in a day.
According to the Inspector General of the police Japhet Koome, 29 survivors have been retrieved from the vast 800-acre forest and are receiving medical aid.
The exhumation goes on Tuesday as Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki visited the scene.
At least 213 people have been reported missing as the investigation into a macabre cult at Shakahola, Kilifi, continues.
Kenya Red Cross said Tuesday it had set up tracing and counseling desks at the Malindi Sub-County Hospital for the Shakahola response.
At the trading desk, 213 people had been reported missing, among them 112 who are children below 18 years who are suspected to be followers of controversial Malindi Pastor Paul Mackenzie.
This is as 73 bodies were exhumed in Shakahola in what has been described as horrific mass graves.
Kenya Red Cross Society coast regional coordinator Hassan Musa said they are still receiving more relatives of family members who are looking for their loved ones.
He said the Malindi hospital mortuary is also overwhelmed with the bodies which are currently 90 including the 73 that were brought from Shakahola and those of people who died at the hospital.
Musa said they have also requested a four feet containers from headquarters which will be installed at the morgue to help in preserving the bodies.
” Already the container is on its way coming by evening it will be in Malindi ready for installation,” he said.
Musa said plans are underway to increase more volunteers in Shakahola to help in the rescue mission and exhuming bodies.
Families and relatives of missing loved ones are flocking to the rescue center to trace their loved ones.
Police also rescued nine people from death by starvation Monday, with five of them being in critical condition.
The exhumation exercise on the 800-acre land belonging to the cult leader was suspended on Monday due to bad weather.
Mackenzie, who is in police custody, is being investigated for influencing his followers to starve to death in order to meet their maker.
Police also suspect that some of the victims did not starve to death and may have been killed and then buried on the property.
Koome said a total of 29 people had been rescued and taken to hospital.
Koome and Director of Criminal Investigations boss Mohammed Amin arrived at the village in the afternoon Monday.
