The family of 25-year-old Abdallah Mghanga was on Tuesday preparing to bury his remains according to Islamic rites when police stopped them.
Mghanga is one of eight people who died following the collapse of an 18-course perimeter wall due to heavy rains in Vikobani, Miritini, Jomvu Subcounty on Monday.
The family was miffed after the police took away the body for post-mortem.
Muslims do not allow the bodies of their loved ones to undergo post-mortem.
They believe death is Allah's will and bodies should be interred as quickly as possible, preferably within 24 hours, wherever the death occurred.
The family had already prepared the body for interment at 1 pm, wrapped in a white shroud, and was awaiting 'swalatul janaza', Islamic prayers for the dead, at a nearby mosque.
"We were preparing to bury him when they (police) came and took him away. They want to do Shakahola on him," Mwatime Abdallah, the deceased's mother told journalists.
She said Mghanga was the breadwinner of the family.
"I have no husband. He died. My son was the one taking care of me. Now he is also gone. I don't know what to do. I need help," Mwatime said.
Mwangolo Haranga, 65, the father of Medza Haranga, one of the victims who died while pregnant, said she had no husband and left behind six children.
Neighbours said she was expecting twins.
"She was hustling for her children. What happened is an accident. If I can get help taking care of my six grandchildren, I would be relieved of the burden," Haranga said.
Matano Mwinyifaki, an uncle to one of the deceased, said they want the remaining part of the 18-course perimeter wall brought down.
Mwinyifaki said they are fearful the remaining part of the wall will also collapse as it has no columns to strengthen it.
"We want this wall brought down to avoid another tragedy. The steel-making company also has to compensate us for the losses," he said.
He claimed poor workmanship caused the wall to fall. Naseeb Mwinyifaki, the Miritini KCC village elder, said a total of nine people were buried under the rubble on Monday afternoon.
Four, including three women and a months-old baby, died on the spot at the scene.
Four others died in hospital at various times during treatment.
Another months-old baby, the only surviving victim, is still in hospital receiving treatment.
He told journalists the remaining wall was to be demolished on Tuesday but by 4 pm, it was still standing.
"Some women living just next to the wall had to be forced to sleep in a neighbour's place fearing the collapse of the remaining part of the wall," Naseeb said.
He called on authorities to ensure the whole wall is brought down, saying there is fear it might also cave in and fall on more people and cause more deaths.
"We now live in fear," he said.
He praised KCC village residents for their quick action on Monday.
Mombasa Governor Abdulswamad Nassir, who visited the baby who survived in hospital, said action must be taken against the steel-making company.
He alleged the wall may have been constructed without county approval.
"The wall had been constructed beyond the approved level. People just wake up and put more courses without following procedures," he said.
Nassir said the county government has strived to repair the drainage system in Mombasa and now storm waters have their own ways that they follow without causing much damage.
He however decried unscrupulous private developers who interfere with the stormwater drainage system by constructing walls above them blocking the drainages in some instances. "We will now take a different approach to this.
We will no longer be charging people anymore because of construction without county approval.
"Apart from that, we are going to recommend to the DCI and the DPP that you are endangering people's lives," Nassir said.
He said the county will provide all necessary documents and evidence and recommend murder charges on anyone whose collapsed building causes death.
He said there will be no mercy for those responsible for the deaths of Kenyans due to negligence and shortcuts.