Sisters take battle for husband's body to streets

A bitter Patriciah Nyamori Nyamasi (right) and her daughter Elizabeth Achieng hold a copy of the constitution as they protest the court verdict which denied them the burial right. [Photo: Nikko Tanui/Standard]

Kericho, Kenya: Two widows who happen to be blood sisters treated Kericho town residents to unusual drama after one of them took to the streets to protest a court ruling, which denied her the right to bury their husband.

The body of the deceased Peter Nyamori a carpenter who worked in Sosiot Belgut Constituency Kericho County, died on February 16, and has been lying at Siloam Hospital Mortuary.