Tag: Cremation

Raila’s statement on Ken Okoth’s funeral arrangement leaves many confused

Raila Odinga on Wednesday left a section of Kenyans confused when he said that the Late Kibra MP Ken Okoth’s body will be “disposed off”.

Away with cemeteries: Is cremation the way out?

By Harriet James @harriet86jim The death of Safaricom CEO, Bob Collymore sent shockwaves across Kenya and the world. The Guyanese-born-British businessman, who died after battling cancer, will be remembered for his leadership in a corporation that assisted in placing the nation in the global scene in the financial and technological spheres. What’s more striking is that […]

Why children are not cremated

By Grace Wachira @yaa_grace Turning into the Hindu Crematorium, we hit a simple and wellmantained tarmacked road that wound up at its manned red gate. It is surprisingly easy to miss it: it has no signage to indicate its existence and 14-seater matatus plying the Kariokor route have already made the gate a parking spot. Its […]

Here is full info. on what cremation entails – K24 news anchor-cum-mortician Eric Njoka

As more and more prominent Kenyans continue to opt out of the traditional burial ceremonies; and replacing the rites with cremation, there is a groundswell of questions on what cremation exactly entails. A lot of people — both online and offline — know that cremation is “the burning of a human being’s remains, and obtaining […]