Prisons: Kamiti, KDF not part of city cemetery plans

Nairobi county chief officer for Public Health Tom Nyakaba during world toilet day celebrations at Mukuru kwa Reuben in Nairobi county on November 19th 2024. (Collins Oduor, Standard)

The Kenya Prisons Service has dismissed claims that it has agreed to allocate land at Kamiti Maximum Prison for a new cemetery.

This follows remarks by Nairobi County’s Chief Officer for Public Health, Tom Nyakaba, who told the County Assembly’s Health Committee that the county had secured 100 acres of prison land to ease congestion at the overburdened Lang’ata Cemetery.