Kitui: Baby’s body exhumed over land dispute

The remains of a baby buried a month ago in the Maliku area, Katulani sub-county, Kitui county has been exhumed from the grave where it was buried.

The baby’s remain was illegally buried in someone’s land. The owner of the land is the brother to the

A small box containing the cadaver of the baby was illegally buried in someone’s land who is believed to be part of the father’s family but unlawfully was put to rest in the wrong place.

Francisca Kyambi is the sister to Eric’s mother and the owner of the land. Eric who is the father to the deceased got decided to burry his dead in his auntie’s property without informing her or asking for the permission which provoked her and was bitter and uncomfortable with the act of her nephew burying this body without her consent.

Kyambi took the case to the court to claim that Eric has to follow the law and ask for her permission before perfoming anything on his land. According to her she termed this as violation of law and an act should be taken immediately to find the rightful way to release the innocent to rest.

Apart from that, Mama Kyambi complained that the said father to the resting body is alleged that he had a share of the land but his mother died who owned the land Eric sold it all and migrated from that area and rented a house in town where they were staying upto the date.

“Eric doesn’t consult me in anyway. I brought him up from when he was in form 1 after his mother died but he doesn’t listen to me and doesn’t respect me.” She said to the press team.

According to the authority given by the court to the officers of DCI is that the body to be exhumed and to be taken back to the hospital for the DNA test so that the family can prove whether the baby belong to the family and then the to quench the questions of the residents about whether that was a really baby buried or wasn’t a body of human being.

Katulani subcounty OCPD Kibet Kirui who confirmed this incident said that this baby was wronged placed and it has been removed to be taken to Kitui General hospital for postmortem and other sample to be taken for the Forensic testing while the family awaits for the case to be decided by the court.

“We gathered here for the body extraction which has been alleged to be buried. We came to make sure that everything is running smoothly and the exercise is successful.” Concluded the Katulani subcounty OCPD Mr. Kirui.