Kitui man lived with dead wife and child in his house for three years

Kitu Munyoki at Migwani police station yesterday October 1, 2016 where he is being held after he was found living with the bodies of his wife and child for three years at Ndaluni village, Kitui County. Munyoki claimed he had firm instructions from his wife she should not be buried as she would resurrect after 7 years. [PHOTO: PHILIP MUASYA/ STANDARD]

Residents of Ndaluni village in Kitui County are trying to come to terms with the shocking revelation that their neighbour has lived with the corpses of his wife and child for three years.

The man, Kitu Munyoki, was yesterday arrested by the police and locked up. It is suspected that the two died at different times, but the husband chose to “store” the bodies claiming that they would resurrect after seven years. He told the police that the child died in 2013 while his wife died in early 2014.