New public sanitation blocks have been completed at Gathanga and Muchatha cemeteries to improve sanitation and hygiene conditions for bereaved families during funeral ceremonies.
The project is a long-term plan to upgrade the facilities including the construction of modern ablution blocks, fencing, and access pathways at the cemeteries funded by the Kiambu County Ward Development Fund, with an estimated total cost of Sh9 million spread across the two sites.
Speaking during an inspection tour at the Muchatha site, the area Ward Member of County Assembly (MCA), Kenneth Karanja, said the initiative responds directly to residents' long-standing appeals for better conditions at the cemetery during the final rites of their departed kins. "The new facilities will serve hundreds of families every year.
They provide clean, safe, and respectful spaces for families during burials, which has been lacking for a long time," said the MCA. "Upgrading of the two cemeteries will continue.
