Siaya’s Covid-19 Victim Family Sues To Have His Body Exhumed And Accorded Decent Burial

Siaya incident continues to take turns given the many questions that surrounds it. The family from the onset has been at loggerheads with the government over the manners in which the burial was held.

The late KPA worker had passed away last Friday and later on found to have been as a result of Covid19. He would later be hurriedly buried on Sunday morning as the family was making a coffin to beat the deadline as outlined by the government.

He was buried in a body bag in a shallow dug grave. The manner in which this was conducted ignited fire amongst many Kenyans and their leaders who said it was done without dignity to human life.

Siaya Senator Orengo had instituted a legal team made of LSK Chairman Nelson Havi to look into the matter. It has now been confirmed that the son and of Siaya Covid-19 victim James Oyugi Onyango have sued to exhume body they’re also demand autopsy and decent burial.

The family has reiterated that they were never involved in the burial arrangements and neither was there an autopsy done on the body to determine the real cause of his death.