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Ex-couple's fight over burial leaves girl's body in morgue for 2 months

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Rose Ndeti has appealed a magistrate's decision that barred her from burying her daughter. She wants her daughter buried in accordance with the Akamba customary law. [iStockphoto]

A couple separated for over seven years is battling in court over the right to bury their daughter, whose body has been lying in the mortuary within Nakuru since June 2023.

Rose Ndeti has moved to the High Court in Nakuru to appeal a magistrate court's decision that barred her from burying her daughter.

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