A Kenyan man was found digging his father’s grave to recover his leather shoes.
27-year-old Patrick Mwangi Katonye was seen by people in his community, digging up the body from the grave at around 8 am on Wednesday, October 2, in Maseno Village.
As indicated by Nakuru Police Commander Stephen Matu, the suspect needed to recover a couple of leather shoes his late father Johnson Ndonye was buried with in 2005. The police leader said the man claimed he needed to sell the shoes.
“The suspect told the police that he wanted to sell the shoes. He waited for members of his family to leave the home before exhuming the body but the shoe was rotten,” said Matu.
Police arrested Katonye and ordered him to be taken for psychiatric tests before being presented in court where he will be charged for disturbing the dead.
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“It is wrong for anybody to exhume the dead. Such can only be done if permission is granted by a court of law. Investigations have therefore commenced after which the suspect will be arraigned,” added the police boss.
Matu said the suspect’s family requested the police to allow them to conduct prayers before reburying the body, as it is a taboo to exhume the dead.
“Police are liaising with the family and the church to rebury the body. The family requested us to allow them time to conduct some prayers and cleansing,” he said.
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