The family of slain Rongo University student Sharon Otieno, has postponed the burial of her unborn child due to financial constraints.
Ms Melida Auma, Ms Otieno’s, mother told the media that the county government of Homa Bay requested the family to hold on as they make arrangements to help.
Ms Auma said the baby’s burial will be expensive so they need assistance from Homa Bay where her daughter was born and raised.
“The county executive for water, Dickson Nyawinda, visited us yesterday and after consultations, we agreed to wait till tomorrow (Friday),” Ms Auma said at her home in Magare village, Homa Bay.
Ms Auma said the infant’s body will be transported from Kirindo Hospital Mortuary in Mbita on Friday morning for burial later in the day.
“We will have buried my grandchild by noon,” she said.
The baby died after being stabbed by its mother’s killers. Chief Government Pathologist Johansen Oduor, who conducted the autopsy on the Rongo University student’s body, said she was stabbed in the left side of her stomach.
“She had a stab wound in the abdomen from the back to the front. This killed the foetus,” said Dr Oduor.