The High Court has declined to issue an order stopping the County Government of Nairobi from disposing off 120 unclaimed bodies lying at the Nairobi City Funeral Home(City Mortuary)
Justice Lawrence Mugambi said the reasons given by the Law Society of Kenya in seeking to suspend the notice issued by the county were not justified.
The LSK in challenging the county's decision said a majority of youths who died following the infamous 2014 finance bill protests were taken to City Mortuary.
"Many families throughout Nairobi City and elsewhere in this country have been looking for their loved ones who have gone missing since the protests began," it said.
They asked the court not to overlook the number of missing person reports being made by Kenyans after the protests.
But Mugambi on declining to issue the order said:
"A conservatory order to suspend the notice or intended internment on account of general claims about missing persons is not particular and is not justified as the general public is being given the opportunity to visit the mortuary and identify the bodies before the decongestion of the morgue can be done," he said.
He backed the county's move saying the purpose of the notice was to inform the public so that those with missing persons cases can proceed to the mortuary for identification purposes.
