Gideon Mung’aro Kilifi Governor has revealed that the 800-care piece of land where decomposing bodies are being recovered doesn’t belong to the controversial pastor Paul Mackenzie.

On the report of the Governor, the land is part of the Chakama Settlement Scheme which several people had grabbed.

“That land which Mackenzie is occupying is not his; we have three schemes in that area which were initially grabbed by some individuals from the Chakama ranchers,” he said on Tuesday.

Gideon explained that the land was part of the Chakama Settlement Scheme and has three Phases, which the current land claimed to belong to Mackenzie is in the third phase.

Two of the three phases were recovered when the Governor was Malindi MP.

“We managed to recover Phase One which is about 52,000 acres and Phase Two was recovered around five years ago. The area he (Mackenzie) is occupying is Chakama phase three which is currently being contested for by the people who grabbed it and the bank,” he said.

As of Monday evening, Police had recovered 89 bodies from mass graves in Shakahola village, Kilifi, where followers of Mackenzie are believed to have been buried.

The Kenya Red Cross has also reported that 212 people have been reported missing at their desks in Shakahola.

By Jane Kibathi.