Kisumu woman loses battle to bury estranged husband
Senior Resident Magistrate Winfrida Onkunya ruled in June that the man be buried at his second wife's home but Ms Siprosa Awino filed an appeal at the High Court. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Mr Silvanus Nyang’wara Mwanja married Ms Siprosa Awino in 1996 but they got separated five years later. They did not have children.
Mr Nyang'wara married Ms Grace Were in 1990 and they had five children.
Senior Resident Magistrate Winfrida Onkunya ruled in June that the man be buried at his second wife's home but Ms Awino filed an appeal at the High Court.
A woman in Kisumu has lost the rights to bury her husband 11 months after his death, as a court has upheld his wish to be buried at his second wife's home.
Mr Silvanus Nyang’wara Mwanja married Ms Siprosa Awino in 1996 but they got separated five years later. They did not have children.
