It is now seven years since the resident of Ingoboor in Nakuru County last saw her son. When bodies are unidentified, we also have to seek court orders allowing us to dispose the bodies,” Dr Wanjohi said. 205 of the Public Health Act Cap 242 of 1991 prohibits families from keeping a body in a public mortuary for more than 10 days. The Nakuru County Health Department recently moved to court seeking to bury 20 unclaimed bodies that had been lying at the Nakuru Level Six Hospital mortuary for three months. In Isiolo, the Public Health Department disposed of 19 unclaimed bodies at the referral hospital’s mortuary which has storage capacity for only 10.

Source: Daily Nation April 14, 2020 06:00 UTC