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An 85-year-old grandmother in Kolando, Kisumu county has finally laid her son to rest after a painful legal battle brought his burial to a sudden and devastating halt.
Jeniffer Odiaga's family had gathered to bury her son when police arrived at the funeral with a court order stopping the interment.
A woman claiming ownership of the land where the family intended to bury him had obtained an injunction, and officers enforced it on the spot, compelling the family to return the body to a mortuary at Port Florence.
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For Jeniffer and her relatives, the moment was almost impossible to comprehend. One family member described the experience as among the most distressing things she had ever witnessed.
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The family did not give up. Days after the incident, they appeared before a court to contest the ownership claim and fight for their right to bury their loved one on what they maintained was their own land.
The judge sided with the elderly woman and her family after the opposing claimant failed to appear in…
