Kisii morgue full to capacity as more families delay burial rites

The 100-body modern mortuary at Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital in this photo taken on 15/9/2021. [Sammy Omingo, Standard]

Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital morgue is grappling with congestion, with some families forced to take the bodies of their kin to private facilities.

The move is attributed to traditions, especially where dowry has to be paid for to bury a wife or husband and the various succession cases in courts. The Standard established that on Sunday morning, the facility with a capacity of 21 bodies had a total of 121.