This archive report was first published on 1 August 2019.
On August 1, 2019, a court case involving a lump sum payment and DNA samples demand halted the burial of Kibra MP Ken Okoth, who had succumbed to cancer on July 26, 2019.
Magistrate Grace Mmasi issued an order stopping the late MP's mother, Angeline Okoth, and wife, Monica Okoth, from burying, cremating, or interfering with his remains.
According to the court documents, Anne Thumbi, a nominated MCA, claimed that she and her son had been excluded from the funeral arrangements.
Ms Thumbi sought an order for an immediate lump sum payment of her son's school fees and for her son to be included in all burial arrangements, rituals, and traditions relating to the final sendoff of the MP.
She also requested that the body of the deceased be preserved until DNA samples have been collected in the presence of licensed pathologists appointed by both parties.
The court has directed that Mr Okoth's family be served with copies of the case documents and that the matter be heard on August 9, 2019.
