CITY MORTUARY: Drama As Morgue Attendant Declines Unidentified Bodies Delivered By Police
Police officers were unable to deliver unidentified bodies to the City Mortuary due to a standoff between the Nairobi City County government and the National Police Service.
The county government insists that the morgue be filled to capacity, which is likely to impede police operations as officers transport bodies collected from crime scenes and accidents to the morgue.
The officers were left stranded for the majority of the day, forced to keep the bodies in their vehicles because they were denied access to the facility.
When the officers realized they didn’t have anywhere to take the body, they decided to return to City Mortuary at night.
City Mortuary Rejects Bodies:
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Mortuary declines to receive bodies delivered by police
Directive leaves police stranded with unidentified bodies
Nairobi County Govt. insists the morgue is filled to capacity#CitizenTonight @SamGituku pic.twitter.com/Zz5t9MshzY
However, they were again denied access. The junior officers had no power, and their superiors were forced to visit the facility. They, too, were denied access.
As City Hall would have it, there is no room in the morgue. They say the mortuary is full, with 607 bodies against a capacity of 184.
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Staff at the mortuary were afraid to let in any police vehicle carrying unknown bodies, as a directive from City Hall put them at risk of losing their jobs.
One officer was ordered to write reasons for accepting two bodies brought in by police officers from Ruai on Wednesday night.
After a few calls to the county heads, the unknown body was allowed in after 9 hours of waiting, raising questions about whether the City Mortuary is full and where police officers take unknown bodies encountered while on duty.
CITY MORTUARY: Drama As Morgue Attendant Declines Unidentified Bodies Delivered By Police
