This archive report was first published on 1 August 2019.
Ken Okoth, the former Kibra MP, passed away on July 26, 2019, leaving behind a family dispute over his burial rights.
On August 1, 2019, a Nairobi court issued orders stopping the cremation of Okoth's body until a case filed by Ann Muthoni, who claims to be Okoth's 'second wife', is heard.
Muthoni, represented by lawyer Elkana Mogaka Thumbi, sued Okoth's mother, Angeline Okoth, and wife, Monica Okoth, along with Lee funeral home.
According to the petition, Muthoni was excluded from the funeral and burial arrangements by Okoth's family, who she claims have decided to cremate the body 'among other reasons to primarily destroy any evidence of her son's lineage to Okoth'.
The case will be heard on August 9, 2019.
