Mpeketoni man attempts to exhume son over cash

Mpeketoni, Kenya: There was drama in Umoja village in Mpeketoni in Lamu County on Saturday when a 70-year-old man attempted to exhume the body of his son who was killed during the mid June attacks in the area that claimed over 65 lives.

Ngugi Kamau armed himself with a spade and hoe and went to the grave to exhume the remains of Francis Kamande.

He was apparently enraged that Kamande's widow did not share with him Sh150,000 given by the national and county governments to widows of men killed in the attacks.

Each widow got Sh100,000 from Lamu County and Sh50,000 from the national government.