Corpse 'refuses' to be buried after families fight over unpaid dowry

Two families from Mumias and Navakholo constituencies cut short a trip from a morgue after the body of their kin refused to be transported back to her home for burial preparations. It was around 11 am on Mumias-Kakamega highway when hell broke loose when a vehicle that was being used to transport the body of Mildred Makokha,19, from St Mary's Mission Hospital morgue to Mkungu village in Navakholo Constituency, Kakamega county on a smooth tarmac road developed mechanical problems.
The vehicle got stuck at Kisumu Ndogo market centre in Mumias East Constituency near the deceased parents' home while on its way to her home where she was married and was supposed to be laid to rest.

It is said that the body got stuck following a disagreement between the two families over unpaid dowry and the cause of the death and that of her unborn child. The parents of the deceased are said to be angry with their in-laws after their daughter died due to complications brought on by her six-month pregnancy questioning where the man's family took the dead unborn child.