Kenyans have a week to identify and collect 70 unclaimed bodies lying at the three city morgues, failure to which they will be interred by the Nairobi Metropolitan Service. In a public notice on Wednesday, July 28, 2021, NMS Health Director Dr Fredrick Oluga said 57 bodies were at the City Mortuary, 11 at the Mama Lucy Funeral Home and two at Mbagathi Hospital Funeral home. “Pursuant to Public Health Ac Cap 242 (Subsidiary Legislation Public Health Mortuaries Rules, 1991), interested members of the public are asked to identify and collect the named bodies within seven days, failure to which the Nairobi Metropolitan Services will see authority for disposal,” reads the notice. Cap 242 of the Public Health Act says an unclaimed body should be removed from a mortuary within two weeks or else it is disposed of in a mass grave after public officers obtain a court’s permission. At City Mortuary, 44 bodies were unknown with 13 having been identified and their names published.

Source: The Star July 28, 2021 05:26 UTC