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Family members seek exhumation orders after unionist 'buried against culture'

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Kenya National Union of Teachers officials carry a casket containing remains of the union's second vice chairman John Wesonga at St Stephen's ACK Jogoo Road on Wednesday, July 26, 2023. [Mike Kihaki, Standard]

Some members of the family of the late Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) second national vice chairman John Wesonga have threatened to move to court for orders to exhume his body so they can "bury him properly" according to the local culture.

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