PHOTOS: Inside crypt under Holy Family Basilica where Ndingi was buried

Then newly appointed Bishop of Machakos Ndingi Mwana a'Nzeki is congratulated By Mzee Jomo Kenyatta in August 1969.

Retired Catholic Archbishop Ndingi Mwana a'Nzeki who passed away on March 31 was interred in a crypt at the basement of the Holy Family Basilica in Nairobi on April 7. Essentially, a crypt is an underground cemetery and dates back to the early centuries of Christianity. Ndingi is set to join other top Catholic prelates who have been buried inside churches where they served.

Among them is Maurice Michael Cardinal Otunga who was buried inside a Chapel at Resurrection Garden in Nairobi. Nyeri Catholic Archbishop Nicodemus Kirima was laid to rest in a tomb at Our Lady of Consolata Cathedral in Nyeri town in 2007 next to his predecessor, Bishop Caesar Maria Gatimu. In 2017, Eldoret Catholic Bishop Cornelius Korir's coffin was buried in a tomb at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Eldoret.