Kenya: Nobel Laureate Maathai to Be Cremated As Per Will, Family Says

3 October 2011

Wangari Maathai will be cremated and her remains interred as per her last wishes, her family and Govt announced on Monday.

The funeral committee said the late Nobel laureate had in her will expressed the wish to be cremated and her remains interred "within the democratic space of the Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies at the University of Nairobi".

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