Mama Lucy Kibaki
Hospital/FILENairobi City County has issued a seven-day notice for members of the public to identify and collect 59 unclaimed bodies lying at the Mama Lucy Kibaki Funeral Home.
In a public notice issued by the county's Health, Wellness and Nutrition department, the county said the bodies had remained at the facility from their respective dates of admission while awaiting collection.
The notice lists the bodies admitted between April 2025 and February 2026, with most identified as adult men. It also includes women and several bodies whose identities remain unknown.
The county is asking relatives, friends and other interested members of the public to check the list and identify any of the bodies.
"The following 59 (fifty nine) unclaimed bodies are lying at MAMA LUCY KIBAKI FUNERAL HOME from the date of admission, awaiting collection. Pursuant to the Public Health Act Cap 242 (subsidiary, PUBLIC HEALTH (PUBLIC HEALTH MORTUARIES) RULE, 1991 (2), interested members of the public are asked to identify and collect the bodies within 7 days, failure to which The Nairobi City County will seek disposal authority," the notice read in part.
The notice includes the names, ages, genders, admission numbers and facilities or locations from which the bodies were brought to the Mama Lucy Kibaki Funeral Home.
Several entries are listed only as “Unknown African Man” or similar descriptions, while others have been identified by name.
The notice comes days after Nairobi City County issued a similar seven-day notice for 473 unclaimed bodies held at the Nairobi Funeral Home, formerly known as Nairobi City Mortuary.
The August 11 notice said the 473 bodies had remained at the facility from their dates of admission and urged members of the public to identify and collect them within seven days.
Nairobi City County warned that failure to identify and collect the bodies within seven days would result in the county seeking authority for their disposal.
The list, dated March 18, 2026, contains a total of 473 bodies.
In March, Kenyatta National Hospital also issued a public notice over 480 unclaimed bodies at its Farewell Home.
KNH said the remains comprised 102 adults and 378 children and warned that it would seek authority from the courts to dispose of the bodies if they were not identified and collected within seven days.
The notices highlight the continued issue of unclaimed remains in public mortuaries, where bodies can remain for extended periods when families cannot be traced or identification has not been established.
