Nairobi County Government has declared that it will dispose of 292 unclaimed corpses that have been preserved in three of the county’s mortuaries.
Nairobi County Secretary and Head of Public Service Jairus Musumba stated in a Friday advert that the corpses will be disposed of in a week.
There are 214 unclaimed bodies at City Mortuary, 50 at Mbagathi Hospital Mortuary, and 28 at Mama Lucy Hospital Mortuary.
According to the Public Health Act Cap 242 of 1991, an unclaimed body must be removed from a mortuary within fourteen days.
Failure which it would be disposed in a mass grave only after the public officer secures court approval.
