A section of the Nakuru North cemetery. The Nakuru county government has kicked off plans to acquire land for new cemeteries to substitute the full ones. [Photo: standard]
The county government of Nakuru has kicked off plans to acquire new land for cemeteries.
According to the county boss Lee Kinyanjui, the county has since dispatched officials to scout for new grounds with the Nakuru North, Naivasha and Njoro cemeteries having been declared full already.
The remaining Nakuru South and Gilgil ones, which were purchased by the now defunct Nakuru Municipal Council, are also on the verge of filling up forcing the county to seek other alternatives.
The plans are however facing resistance especially from resident land owners, with most of them refusing to sell off their land linking cemeteries to bad omen, with Kinyanjui however expressing confidence that his leadership will soon overcome the hurdle.
''We have been holding several meetings and hope we will be able to secure the land,'' he is quoted by the Star.
According to county Public Health Officer Patrick King'ori, the county is seeking new plots in Subukia, Nakuru and Naivasha sub-counties.''We want to buy plots in Subukia, Naivasha and Nakuru where the cemeteries have already filled up,'' said Kingori.
This comes at a time when the county has encouraged residents to opt for other ways of disposing the bodies of their loved ones, including cremation, due to land shortage in the county.