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No peace for relatives who bury loved ones in 'borrowed' graves

Kephers Odhiambo, Beatrice Achieng and her husband Samwel Otieno at the grave of their son Moses Ochieng buried at a borrowed land in Ogenya, Nyando Sub County.[Kevine Omollo,Standard]

A few days before she died, Wilfrida Agiro, 88, had summoned her daughters-in-law, Lillian Adhiambo and Dorothy Akinyi, to discuss her final resting place.

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