Cemetery standoff threatens to derail Eldoret’s Mashujaa Day preparations Two-acre cemetery, adjacent to Kipchoge Keino Stadium, has become the centre of a growing dispute. Uasin Gishu Just now
Aggrieved families and clergy confronted county officials on Wednesday, demanding an immediate halt to any works touching the cemetery and accusing the county government of moving onto the site without adequate public participation or notice.
Kenya’s Public Health Act, Cap 242, requires a permit before human remains can be exhumed from an authorised cemetery, burial ground or other place.
Relatives of those who were buried at Eldoret Christian Cemetery behind Kipchoge Stadium in Uasin Gishu County, which is under construction, protest at the site on August 12, 2026, claiming there are plans to flatten the graves for expansion of the stadium.
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