As they say, it is very expensive to live in Nairobi city, but new revelations also reveal that it is even more expensive to die in Nairobi.
According to Nairobi county, the dead have started to compete for same piece of land with the living.
County Health minister Hitan Majevdia noted that the number of burial have increased with a record of 119 in April to 122 in May and 131 in June.
He also encouraged Nairobians to seek cremation as a way of tackling the menace. noting that even the number of dead bodies cremated were at 22, with 16 bodies cremated in April and May and six in June.
“The perception about cremation should change and the church should lead in bringing about that change. They should encourage cremation. It seems many people fear cremation, but we are working to ensure that Nairobi residents are receptive towards it. My prediction is that they will have to do it whether it will take 20 years or more. We have no choice,” he said
In 2008, the cost of bury a body in Lang’ata cemetery stood from Sh17,400 to Sh25,000, but that of cremation remained at Sh9,000 in bid to encourage people to adopt the latter.
Currently the Sonko regime is seeking more than 200 acres for creating a cemetery.
Ex Governor Evans Kidero tried in vain to encourage Nairobi residents to cremate each other but failed even after putting up a cremation centre beside famous Lang’ata cemetery
