Kibra MP Ken Okoth. FILE PHOTO | NMG
A lumpsum payment and DNA samples demand is at the centre of a
court case that stopped the burial or cremation of Kibra MP Ken Okoth.
Magistrate
Grace Mmasi stopped the interment plans pending the hearing and
determination of the...
...case in which a Nairobi nominated MCA claims to have sired a child with Mr Okoth.
...case in which a Nairobi nominated MCA claims to have sired a child with Mr Okoth.
The
magistrate issued an order stopping the late MP’s mother, Angeline
Okoth, and wife, Monica Okoth, from having his remains buried, cremated
or interfered with.
“An interim temporary injunction be
and is hereby issued restraining the two either by themselves, their
servants or agents from conducting the burial, interment, cremation or
any other manner whatsoever to dispose of Mr Okoth's remains,” said Ms
Mmasi.
Through lawyer Elkana Mogaka, Anne Thumbi, the
nominated MCA, claimed that she and her son had been excluded from the
funeral arrangements.
Ms Thumbi wants an order issued against the estate of the
deceased, requesting for an immediate lump sum payment of the minor’s
school fees.
She
further wants an order issued that her son be included in all burial
arrangements, rituals and traditions relating to the final sendoff of
the MP.
The nominated MCA at City Hall wants Lee
Funeral Home or any other morgue to be barred from releasing his body
until the dispute in court is heard and determined.
In
the alternative, she wants the body of the deceased preserved until DNA
samples have been collected in the presence of licensed pathologists
appointed by both parties.
According to the MCA, even
though Monica is the only recognised wife of the deceased, she wants her
son acknowledged since his academic future remains uncertain.
The
court has directed that Mr Okoth’s family be served with copies of the
case documents and that the matter be heard on August 9.
Mr Okoth succumbed to cancer on July 26 and his interment was set for Saturday.
Ms
Thumbi claimed that they are learning about the funeral plans from
media reports yet the five-year-old child is a biological son of the
deceased.
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