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Lang'ata cemetery workers block graveyards over delayed salaries

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A section of Lang'ata cemetery in Nairobi.[Elvis Ogina.Standard]

The Lang'ata cemetery was on Wednesday a no go zone as police engaged striking employees in running battles.

For about four hours' several families that had arrived at the cemetery to bury their loved ones were forced to wait until the police managed to quell the rowdy staff.

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