Pain of parents forced to bury their hopes with their children

Isaac Mutisya and his sister Milkah Kambua at Mwingi Level 4 Hospital mortuary where the body of his daughter Risper Mutindi Kasyoka lay. Risper, a victim of the Garissa terror attack, had been mistakenly buried at Itivanzou village at the home of Philomena Kasyoka, another victim. Risper’s body had to be exhumed for burial at her parents home. [PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD]

For Isaac Mutua Mutisya, the wound in his heart is still bleeding.

Mr Mutisya, a teacher at Itoleka Girls in Kitui County, had to wait for seven months before he could bury his last born daughter, long after other families had buried their kin and moved on.