My father demanded Sh1.8 million to bury my son

Simon Mwangi's mother Mary Nyawira broke down into tears after her father Daniel Wangombe denied her a permission to bury her son Simon Mwangi on her farm at Nyaribo in Nyeri. PHOTO:KIBATA KIHU/STANDARD

A mother of one of the victims of last month’s attack at a Mandera hotel has revealed why she secretly collected the body of her son from the mortuary and dumped it at her father’s home.

Speaking to The Nairobian, Mary Nyawira, the mother of Simon Mwangi who was killed alongside his uncle Amos Njogu by Al-Shabaab terrorists, said her father evicted them from his compound after a family feud.