Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has announced plans to renovate Lang’ata Cemetery.

The first-term governor alluded in a statement that he had dispatched a team to clean the graveyard in order to give it a facelift and ensure that the dead have a beautiful resting place.

He stated that the efforts would give the deceased dignity.

“I directed the environment team to clear and clean up the cemetery. We must ensure that everyone, including the deceased, is treated with dignity “He stated.

The county Governor also stated that they will repair deteriorating roads and signage.

“The team is working extremely hard to improve this situation. We all have the right to be treated with dignity. Whether dead or alive. This is how we will continue to conduct business: by ensuring order, dignity, hope, and opportunity for all “He went on to say.

Lang’ata cemetery has two Kinds of graves: temporary and permanent.

The cost of a permanent grave is Ksh30,500, while a temporary grave is Ksh7,000.

A three-year-old lion is currently being nurtured and rehabilitated at the Stedmark underwent a vasectomy procedure at the KWS Veterinary Laboratory in an effort to control breeding at the captive facility.

One of the key activities undertaken by the Service through the Veterinary, Captive & Capture Services department in collaboration with the species programs is the rescue of animals in distress, orphans, and injured wild animals.

The animals are nurtured & rehabilitated in captive facilities. However, noting that when wild animals are hand-reared, they lose their natural instincts and if released back into the wild, they are vulnerable. The cat family ends up being problem animals as they look for easier prey.

As such, the wild animals kept in captive facilities are given the best conditions and utilized as exhibits to enhance local tourism, conservation education, and awareness for schools and the general public. Breeding is not permissible in captive facilities.

Appropriate management interventions such as vasectomy are undertaken using the recommended best practice to ensure animal welfare is enhanced.

The main threats to lion conservation include human-wildlife conflict leading to injury and retaliatory killing, increased human settlement and infrastructure development in wildlife habitats leading to increased interaction between people and wildlife, habitat loss, and fragmentation.

declining wildlife populations which affect predator-prey dynamics, impacts of climate change occasioned by frequent and prolonged drought, diseases, and lack of clear land use plans leading to poor conservation management strategies.

The three-paragraph eulogy for businessman Tirus Maina Gikonyo, 39, who died alongside a woman in Titanic Dam, Juja, Kiambu County.

On January 17, Maina was having a good time with his secret lover in the dam away from the public eye, some 19 kilometers from his home in Thika town, Kiambu County, where his official family lives.

The three paragraphs were enshrined inside the four-page funeral program, which included two photos of the deceased. The burial took place on Friday at his ancestral home in Gumba village, Mukurwe-ini constituency, Nyeri County.

The ceremony was fraught with tension as rumors spread that the deceased had two wives, both of whom were present. However, neither the wives nor the children were mentioned during the burial ceremony.

The following was the eulogy:

CELEBRATING THE MAN WHO WAS LOVING AND CARING

The late Tirus Maina was born in February 1984 at Mukurweini, Nyeri County. He was the third-born son of the late Joseph Gikonyo and Madrin Wangui. He was a loving brother to Jedidah Wangari, the late Judy Wairimu, Michael Mbore, Joyce Wanjiru, and Isaiah Mwangi.

The late started his school at Kariara Primary and moved to Rutune Primary then Dedan Kimathi University.

The late Tirus relocated to Thika where he started working as an engineer in 2006 with different companies in and out of the country until his demise.