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Family forced to bury woman on cousin's land after co-wife blocks burial on Estate

Susan Nyambura's casket at Karuchia in Nakuru County on February 13, 2025. Nyambura's niece and co-wife Lucy Wanjiku barred her burial on the land of their late husband Joseph Leitmann, a German tycoon. [Daniel Chege, Standard]

A family was forced to bury 73-year-old Susan Nyambura on her cousin's land after her niece, who is also her co-wife, blocked the burial on the land belonging to their late husband, Joseph Leitmann.

Nyambura's burial took place in Karachua, 15 km from the 21-acre estate in Free Area, Nakuru County.

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