The seven-month-old foetus of the slain Rongo University student Sharon Otieno was finally buried in Magare Village, Homa Bay after a six-hour delay.
The ceremony was delayed after the family failed to secure a burial permit in time which was required before collecting the body from the morgue.
According to Luo tradition, children are supposed to be buried before noon and the family had planned to conduct the ceremony at that time.
Melida Auma, the late Sharon’s mother said the permit was to be processed at Rachuonyo District Hospital mortuary where postmortem was conducted.
However, it was only at 4pm that doctors from Rachuonyo District mortuary sent the permit to morgue operators via WhatsApp and the baby’s body released to the family.
Emotions ran high during the burial ceremony which was led by Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) Reverend Samuel Allan.
He urged members of the public to avoid making insensitive statements over the death of Sharon Otieno.