The body of the fallen multi-party democracy hero Kenneth Stanley Njindo Matiba is set to be cremated today (Friday).
His family has said that it was his wish for his remains to be cremated instead of being buried.
Earlier reports had indicated that the former presidential aspirant was to be buried at his Riara Ridge home in Limuru, Kiambu county, where funeral meetings have been taking place.
Elders and politicians from the veteran politician's rural home in Mukangu village, Kiharu in Murang'a have also been pushing for their 'son' to be buried among them.
This was until the family announced that the politician would be cremated at the Lang'ata crematorium in Nairobi, as he had wished before passing on.
According to Nderitu Maina, the head of Lang'ata cemetery, they charge Sh16,800 to cremate a single body.
This is the amount of money Matiba's family is expected to pay at the facility.
It is far below the cost of a traditional burial because the charge for securing a grave site at Lang'ata is Sh36,500, as Maina reports.
"We are currently cremating using diesel instead of firewood due to its high cost," he said on Thursday.
The former Kiharu MP cremation would be a private ceremony attended by family and a few invited guests.
Matiba joins the growing list of prominent Kenyans who have been cremated over the years.
They include former Cabinet Ministers Peter Okondo and Kipng'eno arap Ng'eny and Nobel laureate Prof Wangari Maathai who was cremated in 2011.
Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) Archbishop Manasses Kuria and his wife Mary Nyambura Kuria, as well as sports administrator Joshua Okuthe.