Agitated family members on Friday evening, May 30, took the body of their kin, who succumbed to COVID-19, to a police station in Kangema.
This is after the Ministry of Health officials, who were supposed to aid the family in the final rites, failed to turn up for the burial which had been scheduled at 4 pm.
According to a report by Inooro TV, the family members had already picked the body from the mortuary.
“We were told that public health officials would be present at the burial, but we found no one by the time we got to the venue.
“A police Landcruiser escorted us to the barrier, and we were allowed to pass through to Murang’a, however, we found that there was no one to assist us to bury our brother,” a brother of the deceased stated.
The deceased had been taken to Thika Level 5 Hospital after suffering chest complications. He, however, died the following day.
It is only when a post mortem was done that the family learnt the deceased had been suffering from Covid-19.
The deceased's kin only got help after they took the body to the police station.
Murang'a Health CEC Joseph Mbai sent officers to the home and a decent send-off was conducted at around 11 pm on Friday night.
As of Friday, the country had lost 62 individuals to coronavirus with 1,745 cases reported and 438 discharged after recovering.
Health CS Mutahi Kagwe has previously emphasized on the need to follow set government directives including; social distancing, wearing of masks and washing of hands regularly, to combat the virus.
