Anjeline Ajwang, mother to late Kibra Member of Parliament Ken Okoth has lashed out at Luo elders who have been making a range of following his cremation.
A splinter group led by Nyandiko Ongadi has insited that some traditional rituals be held owing to the fact that Okoth's body was cremated, which goes against Luo customs.
They also wanted Okoth's widow Monica Okoth, an Italian national, be subjected to some rituals, including wearing the Okoth's clothes during the mourning period.
But Ms Ajwang now wants the group to keep off her affairs in grounds that it was nowhere to be seen during the entire period, and only emerged after the cremation, in the media.
She on Tuesday insisted that the elders must now let the deceased rest in peace.
“The best thing they could have done is to come and sit down with me as the mother instead of going to the media. They should let my son rest in peace,” she told the People Daily.
He also denied claims of having agreed to the cremation idea, considering that she has been pushing for the body to be buried at her home in Ongenga village in Kabondo Kasipul.
“They saw what happened, did you even see one of them coming to me to give advice on what should happen? They now say I was part of the cremation idea, did they see me attend the ceremony?” she added.
Led by area MP Eve Obara, area politicians have aksontold the elders off, accusing them of making recommendations which are an embarrassment to the community.
Okoth was cremated at the Kariokor crematorium on Saturday, a week after he succumbed to cancer of the colon at the Nairobi Hospital.