Kitui woman disrupts burial to demand recognition

Police try to diffuse tension at a burial ceremony for the late Stephen Syovo Mulatya at Kailungu, in Migwani Sub County in Kitui on November 27, 2016 after a drama ensured when a woman and her six children threatened to stop it if they were not recognised as members of the deceased’s family. PHOTO PAUL MUTUA/STANDARD

A burial ceremony in Migwani sub-county, Kitui County, was briefly thrown into disarray after a woman surfaced after 19 years to demand recognition as the deceased's first wife.

Armed Administration Police officers intervened to stop a violent confrontation between the man's family and his alleged first wife, who surfaced on the eve of the burial accompanied by her children and grandchildren.