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June 17, 2026
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Nakuru family ends nearly six-year wait to bury Covid-19 victim

Nakuru family ends nearly six-year wait to bury Covid-19 victim

The body was released to the family following a court order issued in Nakuru prohibiting the continued detention of the body...

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A Nakuru family has finally laid to rest their patriarch, Humphrey Kigera Mwai, who died from Covid-19 in October 2021, after his body was held in a mortuary for nearly six years due to a substantial debt.

  • The combined hospital and mortuary bill accumulated to Sh9 million.
  • The body was released after a Nakuru court issued an order prohibiting its continued detention by Umash Funeral Home.
  • The deceased's widow, Eunice Nyambura Kigera, described the ordeal as emotionally draining, living with the fear her husband would remain unburied.

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