Meru Bishop Silas Njiru could be buried in 2035

Crypts at the Holy Family Basilica, Nairobi: The remains of former Meru Bishop Silas Njiru will be eventually interred in a similar tomb in Meru. [File, Standard]

It could take up to 15 years to bury the first African Catholic Bishop of Meru Silas Njiru at the St Joseph Cathedral in Meru town.

Bishop Njiru, who died aged 92 on April 28, while undergoing treatment at an Italian hospital was one of the first prominent Kenyans to die of Covid-19.