Grave’s at Langata Cementry are filled with copses, they will be relocated to a forest land

Nairobi now wants to swap the filled-up 100-acre Langata Cemetery land with a 67- acre Kenya forest land nearby to serve as the county’s new burial grounds.

The land being eyed for the swap is next to Langata cemetery and if the deal is successful it will be converted into a cemetery for Muslims, Christians and Hindus.

The deal is meant to bring to an end the frantic search for a new cemetery by City Hall given that Langata cemetery – which is the county’s official burial site – was declared full 20 years ago.

Speaking Friday, Nairobi Metropolitan Service Director General (NMS) Mohammed Badi said that his outfit had already begun negotiations with the Ministries of Environment and Land as well as the Kenya Forest Service over the swap.

“NMS is now considering swapping of cemetery land with another piece of land next to it or even buying it. We are still legally negotiating with them and want to give them alternative operating space as we take up their land to act as the burial site. We will ensure that we plant trees before we swap with them. We however don’t know what the outcome will be,” said Badi.

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