A family from Kianjoya village in Murang’a county is in agony after failing to bury their mother a month after she died due to a huge hospital bill.
Jedidah Nyawira Magondu’s body is lying at Kenyatta National Referral Hospital mortuary over a Sh2 million unpaid bill.
“From the time she passed on, we have tried all means to raise the money, but it has been impossible. We have called on people and even friends for help, but we are yet to raise the amount, and now we are on the verge of giving up,” Jackson Kimemia, a son to the deceased, said.
Kimemia said the only option left for them is to ask the hospital to dispose of the body since they have exhausted all the channels for raising the hospital bill, considering they all do menial jobs to earn a living.
Nyumba Kumi leader Kamau Mwangi said as a village, they had reached a dead end.
“We set up the tents for the funeral over a month ago and have not managed to raise a substantial amount to offset the bill. It is very unfortunate since the deceased was a widow whose husband died in a motorcycle accident several years ago,” Mwangi said.
“We appeal to any well-wisher to come to the aid of this family so that we can give her a decent send-off next to where the remains of her late husband are buried,” he pleaded.
Mwangi said the family is also in need of food essentials as they are in a depressed state and are unable to fend for themselves as their mother’s remains lie in the morgue.
