- The quiet funeral of the late Kiambu deputy governor sparked tension between two family groups divided due to a long -standing legal issue
- On June 12, the Supreme Court ruled on the place where his late father had to be buried before a secret burial a few days later
- The lawyers representing the first family opposed the coordinated balance and called for the most obvious guidelines for the future conflicts
A long funeral dispute involving the late Mburu Kinani, the father of Kiambu’s deputy governor Rosemary Njiri Kirika, has spread after his first children vowed to move to court demanding an order to evict his remains.
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Mburu, who died on November 20, 2024, at the age of 92, was buried on the night of September 17, 2025 by his stepchildren in a context that has created controversy.
The controversy was resolved on June 12, 2025, when Judge Gerhard Gitonga ordered Mburu to be buried in his father’s house in Gatanga, Murang’a County, near the grave of his first wife.
However, the decision was challenged in the Supreme Court and Njeri and his brothers – Geoffrey Nganga Mburu, Alice Wambui Mburu, Regina Muthoni Mburu, and Patrick Karanja Mburu – claimed that the judge had committed legal offenses.
Following the appeal, the Supreme Court overturned the judge’s decision, giving the deputy governor and his relatives the right to bury their father.
On the evening of September 17, Mburu’s body was taken from the Kijabe Mission Hospital and buried quietly at 12:00 pm cursed by the family of his first wife and their legal representatives.
Why was it wrong to bury Mburu Kinani in a secret way?
Advocates Danstan Omari And Stanley Kinyanjui denied the funeral claiming they were denied the opportunity to appeal against the Supreme Court’s decision.
They also claimed that Njeri had submitted a new document during an appeal that was not presented to the Magistrate’s Court, and despite their request for the documents to be dismissed, the judge refused.
“The court issued its decision on September 16, 2025, and continued immediately to overturn the judge’s decision without issuing permission to appeal,” Said Advocate Kinyanjui.
Omari strongly condemned the funeral environment and referred to it as an abuse of justice and humanity.
Announced plans to request the chief judge Martha Koome Provide practice instructions to ensure that funeral decisions are automatically completed to provide time to appeal.
“Mburu Kinani was the father of the deputy governor of Kiambu. For him to be buried in that way, as if he had no importance, it was a moral and legal thing,” Omari said.
The first family of Elder Mburu Kimani moved to court demanding that he chase the body of their late father a few days after his secret was buried.
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What led to the legal war after the death of Mburu Kinani?
The controversy is due to a long -standing tension between the children of the two Mburu wives.
Her first weddings – represented by Omari and Kinyanjui – wanted the court to recognize their right to oversee the funeral, urging their father to be buried in Gatanga beside their late mother, Wanjiru Mburu.
They testified that Gatanga was their parents’ wedding house, established decades ago, and argued that it was a great place to rest for their father.
On the other hand, children from Mburu’s second wife, Magdaline Mburu, held that their family’s house was Gilgil, County of Nakuruwhere Magdaline himself was buried.
The division, which started when Magdaline joined the family in 1983 with her nine children, increased and became a fierce legal battle over the rest of their last father.
A woman will seek justice after her husband’s burial without her consent
Another news, a woman from Nakuru initiated a legal request to exit her husband’s body, citing the isolation of funeral arrangements.
Milcah Mutuku claimed that her husband, Simon, was buried by her family without her consent. He claimed that he was deliberately left in funeral arrangements, including the home recovery process.
Despite attempting legal intervention, it is said that the body was transported to Naivasha’s corpse and buried on the same day.
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