The Standard Group Plc is a multi-media organization with investments in media platforms spanning newspaper print operations, television, radio broadcasting, digital and online services. The Standard Group is recognized as a leading multi-media house in Kenya with a key influence in matters of national and international interest.

Standard Group Plc HQ Office,
The Standard Group Center,Mombasa Road.
P.O Box 30080-00100,Nairobi, Kenya.
Telephone number: 0203222111, 0719012111
Email: [email protected]

NEWS & CURRENT AFFAIRS

The Nairobian

Anger after armed police stop woman's burial

Counties

By Job Weru | Mar 09, 2016

Chaos erupted at a burial in Nyeri County after a family was prevented from burying their relative's body due to a land dispute.

The mourners were headed for the burial of Njeri Kiguta at Mairo-ini village in Chinga when police officers in full riot gear blocked their way.

The police formed a human wall a few metres from the home where Kiguta was to be buried and they barred the mourners from accessing the grave.

Othaya OCPD Joseph Mwika shows mourners a copy of a court order barring them from burying a loved one in a family land. Drama unfolded as mourners, who are relatives, exchanged blows before police intervened on March 8, 2016. (PHOTO: JOB WERU/ STANDARD)

The deceased's children vented their anger on their uncle Ceaser Kagima, whom they accused of moving to court to block the burial.

A war of words had ensued between the mourners and the police, before the children of the deceased pounced on Kagima.

Keep Reading

The commotion lasted for about ten minutes when police intervened and separated the elderly man from his angry relatives.

The mourners accused Kagima, who is listed as one of the applicants in the suit, of colluding with their grandmother to kick them out of the land that was to be inherited by their late father.

They claimed Kagima had transferred the 1.2 acres to his six-year-old son.

Kagima, however, shifted blame to his mother Jenoeva Wanjiku, saying she is the one who bequeathed the land to the boy.

The temporary order preventing the burial on the disputed land was issued on Monday by Othaya Senior Resident Magistrate Ben Mark Ekhubi.

Hearing is scheduled for today and both parties are expected in court.