Principal Magistrate Nicodemus Moseti of Mbita Law Court has directed the family of Kennedy Onyango, the 12-year-old boy who was shot during anti-tax protests in Rongai, Kajiado County, to consider alternative dispute resolution mechanism as the first resort for solving their dispute.
Principal Magistrate Moseti asked Onyango’s parents to agree and address their differences by themselves rather than letting the court settle the matter for them.
The parents disagreed on where their son should be buried.
Okinyi who is the father of the boy wants the boy to be buried t his home in Kisaku Village, Suba Sub- County.
On July 6, a procession was headed to Anyango’s home in Rusinga to lay the 12-year-old to rest, when Okinyi hijacked them, armed with a court order.
The father told the court that his former wife had only lived with the child for one year as Kennedy was under his custody in earlier years.
On the other hand, Anyango who is the mother of the boy accused Okinyi (the father of the boy) of obstructing the burial after realizing that the government was taking care of the burial expenses.
She further added that all he wanted was to take charge of the contributions.
Lennedy’s body, which was heading for burial in Rusinga was taken to Suba Sub-County Hospital awaiting the court ruling on Wednesday.
