Kajiado County in Kenya faces a critical shortage of private mortuaries, forcing residents to travel to neighboring counties and incur significant additional costs for body preservation.

• Kajiado County lacks any privately-owned mortuaries, with residents relying on a few overcrowded public facilities.
• The Kajiado County Department of Health acknowledges the gap, with existing public morgues having capacities of only 12-24 bodies.
• Cultural myths and past community resistance against profiting from death, as exemplified by an elder and a retired chief, have been cited as deterrents for investors.
• Despite these challenges, Ngong and Ong’ata Rongai funeral homes were commissioned in 2024, charging Sh600 per day for preservation and Sh2,500 for embalming.