Kisumu, Kenya: The body of a long
serving vice chancellor of Kenyatta University Prof George Eshiwani was delayed
at Aga Khan Hospital in Kisumu for more than three hours in a family standoff.
The fallen academician’s body was set to be taken to their rural home in
Muluanda village Kakamega County by 9am on Thursday, only to be delayed after
family dispute erupted. A woman claiming to be Eshiwani’s first wife, with whom
she says she had seven children, wanted to be given burial permit to bury the
fallen giant. However, another woman, who also claimed to be the legitimate
wife of the Professor, insisted that she would bury her husband. The woman
claimed that the first woman abandoned the academician many years ago only to
return to claim his body. ‘‘I have four children with Eshiwani and have been
with him for decades. Before I got married, I only heard from neighbours that
he had a wife of whom they separated,’’ said the second woman.
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