Several bodies lying in morgues over land cases in Kisii

Family members of the late Kepher Oyaro gather around an empty grave after his body was exhumed over a land dispute four years ago at Nyagiti Kitutu Chache North, Kisii County. [Sammy Omingo/Standard]

The law makes it an offence for any person to illegally prevent the burial of a dead body by the next of kin.

For four years, Teresa Ogeto, 70, has been waking up to an open grave outside her compound in Nyagiti village in Marani, Sub-County, Kisii.