Nakuru South Cemetery: A final resting place where the dead no longer find peace

Kelvin Kamau, a resident of Nakuru, displays some of the human remains during an interview at Nakuru South Cemetery in Nakuru City on November 28, 2024. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

On any given day, Nakuru South Cemetery is a beehive of activity, with burials taking place and graves being dug.

Along the edges of cemented graves, workers install decorative metal barriers, shards of glass, or barbed wire to ward off intruders. These measures are intended to protect the graves from thieves who steal caskets, as well as to keep livestock that graze in the cemetery at bay.