Hellen Wendy’s burial postponed

Hellen died while recording her swimming session on Facebook Live,

Vipi Kenya October 3, 2022

Updated 2022/10/03 at 9:50 AM

📸 HELLEN WENDY/FACEBOOK/IMAGE DATED – 21st MAY 2022

The Family of Hellen Wendy, a Kenyan Nurse living in Canada who passed away while swimming in a private pool in the foreign country has confirmed that she will not be buried as planned, today.

Hellen’s burial will be held on Oct 5th at the family home.

The body of the late Wendy will leave Lee Funeral Home in Nairobi County on Tuesday, October 4, 2022, and be buried on Wednesday, October 5, 2022, at her family’s home in Misesi village, Bomachoge Sub County, Kisii County,”
the family said in an update

Hellen relocated to Canada in 2019 after securing a 10-year -study Visa.

Kenyan nurse drowns & dies while swimming on Facebook Live

Mr John Kiyondi, the father of the deceased said that they struggled a lot in order to bring her body back to Kenya from Canada where she was studying.

The government did not assist us in any way but finally we managed to bring her back home. Her body arrived in the country through the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on Saturday, a few minutes past 1 am,”
said Mr Kiyondi.

He said that the government might have not decided to assist the family, probably because their daughter who was a nurse in Canada was not a public servant.

The government said they are not the ones who sent her to Canada so we had to handle the matter ourselves.”
her father John Kiyondi told Nairobi News

The grieving father also revealed that they visited the pool where the daughter died and the management said that they were not going to compensate the family in any way.