Lang’ata cemetery, which covers a total 100 acres, was declared full more than 20 years ago.
Nairobi, Kenya’s capital city, is facing a grave problem. It has ran out of space for both the living and the dead. Previous attempts by senior politicians and government officers to address the problem has killed careers and dispatched some to an early grave.
This problem is not unique to Nairobi. Well aware that the journey to dignifying the dead can prove quite costly but necessary, countries globally are grappling with the complexities of disposing bodies as pressure on burial space intensifies. In Hong Kong, it has become more expensive to house the dead than the living. According to
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Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko is attended to by a medic at Kiambu Law Courts yesterday. He was released on 300,000 cash bail. [George Njunge, Standard]
“Is he fainting? Is he fainting?“
The question rent in the air at Kahawa Law Courts as Magistrate Diana Mochache surged from her seat and quickly gazed at former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko as he slumped in the dock.
Sonko’s lawyers pleaded with the court to allow doctors to treat him first before hearing an application to hold him for 30 days to allow for investigation of terror claims against him.
“The governor is not fit to have the application heard today, we urge you to adjourn the hearing. It would be better that the governor goes through the procedure, there is no hurry,” lawyer John Khaminwa pleaded.