Kenyan man in bitter court battle with ex-wife over daughter's body

Isaac Njuguna and his former wife Zainab Njuguna at a Mombasa court yesterday. They each want to be granted permission to bury their adopted daughter. [PHOTO: GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD]

A Christian man and his divorced Muslim wife are locked in a legal dispute over the remains of their adopted daughter.

Isaac Njuguna Njoroge claims Yasmin Isaac Njuguna, who died on March 10 this year aged 22, was a staunch Christian, while his former wife Zainab Isaack Njuguna insists she was a Muslim.