Court Lifts Order Stopping the Burial of Matungu MP Justus Murunga

The High Court has lifted an order stopping the burial of the late Matungu MP Justus Murunga.

Murunga was set to be interred on November 28th but a woman named Agnes Wangui filed a petition in court claiming she had two children, a boy and a girl, with the deceased.

She sought to be recognized as family and be allowed to take part in the burial arrangements together with her two kids aged seven and three.

Wangui further asked the court to order the collection of DNA samples from Murunga’s body and her kids for comparison and confirmation of their paternity.

On Friday, the court lifted the order suspending the burial and ordered parties to meet with their respective pathologists at Lee Funeral Home at 1:30 pm for purposes of collecting samples for DNA analysis.

The order was lifted after Murunga’s two widows, Christabel and Grace moved to court arguing that the delay in the burial was causing the family unnecessary anguish. The two noted that Wangui’s prayers in the petition should not delay the send-off.

“The sooner the deceased is left to rest in peace the better for everybody,” they stated.

Wangui claims that Murunga had plans to solemnize their union under the Agikuyu customs prior to his death, and had bought her land in Karen where he was planning to build her a home.

Murunga is now scheduled to be buried at his rural home in Matungu, Kakamega County on December 5th. The politician succumbed to Covid-19 while being taken to St. Mary’s Hospital in Mumias on November 14th.