{"id":215485,"date":"2024-09-06T05:39:18","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T05:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/06\/court-rejects-bid-to-halt-nairobi-countys-disposal-of-unclaimed-bodies\/"},"modified":"2024-09-06T05:39:18","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T05:39:18","slug":"court-rejects-bid-to-halt-nairobi-countys-disposal-of-unclaimed-bodies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/06\/court-rejects-bid-to-halt-nairobi-countys-disposal-of-unclaimed-bodies\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Rejects Bid to Halt Nairobi County&#8217;s Disposal of Unclaimed Bodies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-318949\" alt=\"\" width=\"936\" height=\"518\"  data-lazy- src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/city-morgue.jpg\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-318949\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/city-morgue.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"936\" height=\"518\"  \/>The High Court has rejected a request to stop the Nairobi County Government from disposing of 120 unclaimed bodies held at the Nairobi City Funeral Home (City Mortuary).<\/p>\n<p>Justice Lawrence Mugambi ruled that the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) did not provide sufficient reasons to justify halting the county\u2019s planned disposal.<\/p>\n<p>The LSK argued that many of the deceased were young people who went missing following the 2024 finance bill protests and had been taken to the City Mortuary.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cMany families in Nairobi and across the country have been searching for their loved ones who disappeared during the protests,\u201d<\/em> the LSK noted, urging the court to consider the increasing number of missing person reports filed since the unrest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED \u2013 Nairobi County Faces Backlash Over Controversial Plan to Dispose of 120 Bodies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite these concerns, Justice Mugambi declined to issue the order, stating that general claims about missing persons were not specific enough to justify suspending the county\u2019s notice of disposal. He emphasized that the public had been given an opportunity to visit the mortuary and identify the bodies before the planned disposal.<\/p>\n<p>The court supported the county\u2019s action, explaining that the notice aimed to inform the public and allow families to claim their missing relatives before the morgue could be decongested.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The High Court has rejected a request to stop the Nairobi County Government from disposing of 120 unclaimed bodies held at the Nairobi City Funeral Home (City Mortuary). Justice Lawrence Mugambi ruled that the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) did not provide sufficient reasons to justify halting the county\u2019s planned disposal. 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