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Mulago mortuary.
What you need to know:
- Whereas the government previously buried one person per grave, resource constraints have resulted in mass burials, with at least 13 bodies being buried in one grave.
Outside of the hustle and bustle of Kampala City life lies a dark reality — the growing number of people who die without anyone coming to identify or claim their bodies.
This means no relative or next of kin has come forward to identify or take responsibility for the body within the seven days set by the authorities.
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What happens to unclaimed bodiesAt the City Mortuary operated by Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), the process involves documenting the body, collecting DNA samples, preserving identification records and, if nobody claims...
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