My mother’s death inspired me to become a mortician- Ann Wanjiku Njoki’s inspiring story

"The environment at the morgue is not mentally friendly and if you are not careful, you can easily lose yourself."

Ann Wanjiku Njoki, a mortician in charge of Pope Benedict XVI Hospital in Nyahururu has opened up about how she ended up choosing the profession.

Speaking to Radio Maisha’s Mwende Macharia and Clemmo on Konnect, Ann explained that she had a bad experience at the morgue when her mother passed as the mortician was drunk and insensitive to their pain. During a subsequent visit, however, Ann met a female mortician who inspired her to pursue the career.