Ombudsman moves to act after The Standard's expos on detained body

Commission on Administrative Justice Chair Charles Dulo with Vice Chair Dorothy Jemator during a briefing on pension delays, February 13, 2025. [Benard Orwongo, Standard]

Following a story published on Monday, 22nd September, in The Standard concerning the fate of a family that had been denied their kin’s body for burial by a Nairobi hospital, the Commission on Administrative Justice (Office of the Ombudsman) has taken over the matter and called the family for an interview in a bid to have the hospital compelled to release the body.

The Office of the Ombudsman was shocked that Westlands Specialist Hospital had withheld the body of Mary Wanjiru, 57, for over four months because of a medical bill she incurred in just three days, according to documents seen by The Standard and shared with the Ombudsman’s office.