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County encourages cremation of bodies amid cemetery crisis

An already full cemetery in Njoro, Nakuru County. [Caroline Chebet/Standard]

The county government might finally have a solution to the crippling shortage of cemeteries to bury its dead.

A provision in the County Finance Act 2018 stipulates that for Sh10,000, relatives can have their loved ones cremated, thus easing pressure on public graveyards.

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