Mother, daughter allowed to exhume body of father buried in 1998

A family in Kiambogo, Nakuru County, has been allowed to exhume the body of a relative buried 21 years ago.

Nakuru Senior Resident Magistrate Yvonne Khatambi yesterday allowed the family of Henry Mukuria to exhume his remains and relocate his grave, following claims that the grave had been exposed.

“That the honorable court is hereby pleased to grant leave to the applicants to exhume the body of the late Henry Mukuria for relocation of his grave,” read the court order.

Martha Wambui and her mother Rebecca Wangui had sought, from the court, orders to exhume the remains of Mukuria after county health officers stopped them from moving the grave.

The duo told the court the land on which the grave sat had been exposed due to continuous sand harvesting by a neighbour, who bought part of it.