A mass burial will be held next week for the Sinai fire victims who were burnt beyond recognition.
The unidentified bodies and those burnt beyond recognition will be interred at the Lang’ata cemetery.
The DNA testing of the victims was conducted against samples of the people who lost their loved ones.
Speaking to media on Friday, Special Programmes PS Andrew Mondoh said that 15 bodies have so far been positively identified and will be given to family members for burial.
“So far because of the severity of the burns and the inhalation injury in burns some of the survivors have become so sick, we lost five more survivors on Wednesday night,” she said.
15 bodies have been positively identified and the families will be given the go ahead to burry them although the government will meet the all the costs of transporting the bodies and the burial.
More than 90 patients are nursing injuries at the Kenyatta National Hospitals and other hospitals within the city.
Experts from India will also be flow into the country by the national carrier Kenya Airways to help administer specialized care to the burn victims.
Sat, 31 March 2012
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