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Kenya Diaspora Woman Buried in France

Kenya Diaspora Woman Buried in France
Kenya Diaspora Woman Buried in France

A Kenyan woman who died in France on January 13 after five years in a coma was buried yesterday, the family said.

Leila Omar, 43, is said to have jumped from a two-storey building in 2010 while she was six monthsโ€™ pregnant.

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Doctors saved the baby.

Omar was divorced from Frenchman Fabrice Pradie at the time of her death.

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Her body was detained at a Marseille hospital over a Sh40 million bill.

Omarโ€™s family in Kenya has been seeking financial assistance from well-wishers and the government to travel to France.

The French government waived the bill and helped in processing their visas to travel for the burial.

Omarโ€™s sister Amina Bakari and other family members received financial help from the Mombasa government.

Human rights organisation Haki Africa has been seeking finances for the family membersโ€™ travel.

Executive director Hussein Khalid yesterday said Omar was buried at a ministry cemetery in Saint Chamas town.

โ€œThe Kenyan Embassy worked hand in hand with the family and Haki Africa to ensure a good send-off for the deceased,โ€ Khalid said.

He said Omarโ€™s first-born daughter Norah Zeinab, her sister Bakari and Haki Africa administrator Salma Hemed attended the burial.

Khalid said the three will be following up on Omarโ€™s two children and any property she might have left behind.

โ€œThe team will talk to the Kenyan embassy in France to see what information they may have regarding the falling of Omar from the second floor of a building,โ€ he said.

Khalid said the burial arrangements were facilitated by the Kenyan embassy, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nairobi and the French government.

Source-the-star.co.ke

Kenya Diaspora Woman Buried in France

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