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Sh2,700 debt keeps body in morgue for over 600 days

Esther Muhatia, the widow of Timona Mlana Amukumbi. [Mumo Munuve]

It is more than 600 days since Timona Mlana Amukambi died, yet his body continues to lie in the mortuary due to a land dispute and a Sh2,700 old debt.

The mortuary bill has hit Sh600,000 and the Amukambis want Charles Kangayia to foot the bill for delaying the burial of their patriarch. The body is at Kakamega’s St Elizabeth Mission Hospital Mukumu mortuary.

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