A 25-year-old DJ by the name David Kamau was hurriedly buried after he was suspected to have contracted Covid-19.
In a video that surfaced online on Wednesday, April 29, hazmat suit-clad health officials were seen burying the deceased hurriedly amidst cries from his family members.
They disinfected the coffin before they lowered it to the ground.
According to a report by Citizen TV on Wednesday, April 29, the deceased's body was ferried from the Kiambu Level 5 Hospital to Nyambari, Limuru, where he was laid to rest.
Kamau is said to have been rushed to a private hospital after he complained of difficulty in breathing. He would later be transferred to Kiambu Level 5 Hospital, where he died the same night.
"He used to sell clothes and shoes but stopped and started working as a DJ. The job required him to work late in the late when it was a bit chilly. I suspect he might have caught a cold," his caretaker Mary Nderitu stated.
His family members revealed that Kamau was asthmatic and at the time of his death, was being treated for Tuberculosis.
During the deceased's burial, his Covid-19 test results had not been released but a day after his burial, his results came back negative.
The family disclosed that they were told he would be buried in that manner because he exhibited Covid-19 symptoms.
His burial rekindled memories of a Sunday, April 12, hurried night burial of James Oyugi Onyango, a 59-year-old man the government said had succumbed to Covid-19 in Kamalunga village, Siaya County.
Onyango's burial caused a stir among Kenyans, with most claiming that the way in which his burial was conducted was callous.
Weeks later, however, all 17 members of Oyugi's family, were set free from mandatory quarantine after a fourth Covid-19 test confirmed that they were all negative.
This raised questions of if indeed Oyugi had tested positive for the virus.
Health CS Mutahi Kagwe had previously warned that the manner in which Covid-19 suspected bodies would be disposed of would be unusual.
“I want to be brutally honest that cultural practices on how we dispose of the body of our loved ones may not be practical during these times.
"Their bodies will be disposed of in a way that protects the living and in accordance with the burial protocols,” he added.
On his part, Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria hit out at the government for the hurried burials.
Kuria argued that some people could be hiding behind coronavirus to cover up murders or extrajudicial killings.
"But please check on this hush-hush funeral that took place at Nyambari, Lari, Kiambu County yesterday (Tuesday, April 28)," Kuria urged.
