A family from Kenya is reaching out to their friends and well-wishers for support in repatriating the body of their beloved Ian Wachira who tragically passed away in Dallas, USA.
Ian, who worked as a truck driver, was found dead in his truck in Dallas, Texas, on January 2. The plea for help is being led by a fundraising committee in Dallas, chaired by Wilfred Tinega. They are emphasizing the importance of prayers and financial aid to facilitate Ian’s return to his hometown of Mathira in Nyeri County, Kenya. Chairman Tinega acknowledges the significant costs involved in transporting Ian’s body back to Kenya and assures everyone that they are actively raising the necessary funds for the repatriation process.
Ian Wachira, who was an orphan, is survived by two siblings: Rachel Wachira, who lives in Kenya, and Esther Nyambura, who resides in Germany. He also has a cousin named Lorna Wachira who is based in the US. To contribute to the efforts of bringing Ian home and giving him a dignified farewell, individuals are invited to join a WhatsApp group using the provided link.
https://chat.whatsapp.com/GnhmRqJpjwOBZf5xsS5RuZ
For more information or to offer assistance, please contact Lorna Wachira, Wilfred Tinega, or Reverend Samuel Mbugua using the contact details provided: Lorna Wachira at +1 (508) 840-1610, Wilfred Tinega at +1 (978) 601-4741, or Rev. Samuel Mbugua at +1 (978) 996-5672.
The Kenyan Embassy in Washington, D.C. requires specific documents to prove the citizenship of a deceased, such as an original passport, birth certificate, or Kenyan ID. Additionally, documentation including a US-issued burial or transit permit, a certified copy of the death certificate, and a letter from the local health authority certifying the cause of death is necessary. Similar documentation is needed for transporting ashes to Kenya, including a certificate from the crematorium, proof of Kenyan citizenship, and a letter from the funeral director confirming the contents of the jar.
Once the required documents are submitted to the Kenyan Embassy, a letter of no objection will be issued for the transportation of the deceased remains or ashes to Kenya, and this service is provided free of charge.
If the service is provided…
If the service is provided free of charge what is the purpose of contributions unless it is to pay for others accompanying the deceased
It’s unfortunate when there…
It’s unfortunate when there author of the article doses a good job but at the end paints a wrong picture expecially when family is despaarte to see their son gets to kenya. NO FUNERAL SERVICES AND SHIPPING THE BODY IS FREE OF CHARGE unless you have insurance, The embassy processing document for the deceased is free). A simple misinformation that costs the family it really unfair.KINDLY Call the funeral home in dallas and they will give you estimates and depends on the choice of the casket a plus a number of family members leaving for the funeral.please lets be mindful of others
Nawapa pole zangu jamaa wa…
Nawapa pole zangu jamaa wa marehemu Wachira. Ni matumaini yangu mahitaji yote yanayohitajika kusafirisha mwili wake yataafikiana hasa kwa moyo ule ule wa Kikenya tunaotambulikana nao wa kuwasaidia wale waliopatwa na dhiki. Ajabu ya kwamba ninayo takwimu ya Wakenya waliozidi wanane waliopatikana nyumbani mwao wamefariki na hata kuozea ndani, halafu mbaya ufundo kutoka mle ndani ikiwazuzua majirani.
Hivyo ningependa pia kuwatahadharisha wenzetu kuweka maslahi yao kwanza kwa kuyatenda mambo haya:
1. Weka nafsi yako mbele ya mambo yote. Chochote kinachoweza kutendeka kwako, muajiri huwaarifu wahusika kwa kutumia 911, na mambo yako inakwishia hapo. Nimewaona wawili waliozirai na kufariki kazini na nafasi yao kuchukuliwa mara moja.
2. Pumzika na kupumzisha kiwiliwili chako. Usingizi mtamu wa fono usiwe ni kama gharama kwako. Fanya hivyo mara kwa mara. Hata mashini ya gari hupumzishwa na kwa kumwagwa vichafu chafu, kuwekwa vipuri vipya n.k. ili idumishe hali yake ya kuaminika.
3. Kula, na sio kula tu, kula vyakula vilivyo na virutubishi bora vitakavyo sheheni na kudumisha hali bora kwa afya yako. Vyakula vya mkato mkato na vya kutayarishwa kwa pupa kando barabarani havifai.
4. Ukiwa mpweke, hakikisha unao jamaa ua marafiki mnaosemezana, kujuliana hali na kunawasiliana mara kwa mara. Upweke Marekani na kujiona umejitoshereza ndicho kiini cha madhara yote tunayokabiliana nayo mda baaada ya mwingine.
5. Jipende. Tafuta siku mbili tatu hivi ukiwa mpweke au na familia yako kwa kutembelea, kujivinjari na kujizawadi sehemu yoyote yenye maji maji kama vile bahari za Pasifiki, Atlantiki, Cumberland Falls, Kentucky; Tahquamen Falls, Michigan; Havasu Falls, Arizona, Burney au Bridalveil Falls, California; Multnomah Falls, Oregon; Union Falls, Wyoming; Niagara Falls, Michigan; au pia Cheesapeake Bay, Maryland; Susquehannah River, Delaware; Virginia Zoo na Virginia Beach, Virginia; Myrtle Beach, North Carolina na kwingineko. Utokapo kule, utajisikia kiwili chako kichangamvu na kilegevu legevu, akili yako tulivu tulivu, na azima, ari na mori kama kwamba zimepata mwamko mpya.
6. Jifunze kujipa matumaini na maafikio na wakati mambo magumu.
7. Jiepushe kukasirika, kukasirishwa.
8. Asiriana na wazazi na wanaokuhusu kule Jamhuri wakati upatapo na nafasi.
9. Ongeza imani yako kwa Muumba wako.
10. Soma, andika au tazama sinema itakayo kutuliza ukiwa, au filamu ya vichekesho vitupu, cheka na jichekeshe.
11. Fanya mazoezi kabla au baada ya kufanya kazi au kutoka chuoni.
12. Kuwa myenyekevu na mtu mwenye taadhima mbele ya Muumba na wengine pia. Kiburi, Finyo, chuki, ziweke kando.
13. Kunywa vinywaji vitakavyo rutubisha mwili wako, vileo kwa tahadhari.
14. Sikiza nyimbo usipendavyo wakati maksusi.
15. Pimwa au kaguliwa na daktari wako kila baada ya miezi sita(6) na kwa mwaka.
16. Jifunze kupenda, kupendana, kupendeza, kwa waliomo na wasiokuwemo. Mwanamke aweza kukujenga au kukubomoa. Wa hapaa….!
18. Epuka upotovu wa nidhamu, ujuaji, zogo zogo, rabsha rabsha, na hasa kuvunja sheria za nchi.
Wewe unabore, you English
Wewe unabore, you English
Samahani Mukimo kwa ku ku…
Samahani Mukimo kwa ku ku bore, lakini ukweli wa mambo ni kwamba, huwa najivunia kuwa Mkenya mwenye sio tu huongea lugha ya Kiswahili na Wakenya wenzangu, lakini pia kutuma blogi zangu katika magazeti ya Kiswahili mtandaoni. Jivunie kuwa na uwezo wa kuongea lugha tatu: ya mama, Kingereza na Kiswahili. Kwa Wamarekani, maajabu makubwa hayo.
My Swahili is pretty much…
My Swahili is pretty much gone out through the window, but lemme correct one of the sentences ma fren:
13. Kunywa vinywaji vitakavyo rutubisha mwili wako, vileo kwa tahadhari, kama chang’aa, muratina, na pombe chavu!!!
Always a pleasure ma fren.
Shukran Juju kwa mchango…
Shukran Juju kwa mchango wako. Nilimaanisha vileo tunywe kwa tahadhari. Singevitaja vileo hivyo sababu ya ufupisho wa tahariri. Thanks my fren.
Hongera sana Ndugu MjuAji…
Hongera sana Ndugu MjuAji kwa kutuelimisha na kutupa mawaidha mema ambayo tunastahili kuyafuata tukiwa ughaibuni kila siku.
Pili, nakuvulia kofia ya tarabushi kwa ujuzi wako na isitoshe umahiri wako kwenye lugha yetu ya Taifa ya KiSwahili.
Yaonekana wazi ya kwamba, Waingereza hawakufaulu kukupiga msasa (brainwash) kiwango ambacho waona aibu kusema na kuandika kwenye lugha zetu za asili.
Shukran Ndugu yangu Simama…
Shukran Ndugu yangu Simama Imara. Huwa pia nami hukuvulia ya ukoka kila ninapo soma tahariri yako unayoiandika kwa lafudhi na mlengo unaonisisimua na kukuiga wewe. Katu mimi nilikataa kukorogwa na kuoshwa fikra na wazungu na manyeuthi hawa, ambao ilhali kwao wote, hawana asili, mbele au nyuma. Na wanaponikanyanga kidole, nawapulizia hasira zangu za mkizi kwa lugha ya Kiswahili, wakidhani naongea Kispanishi. Ng’o!!!!
Si “Simama Imara,”
Ni …
Si “Simama Imara,”
Ni “Imara Daima.”
Hawa ni watu wawili ambao ni tafauti sana kama mchana na usiku.
Your Swahili is perfect.
Your Swahili is perfect.
Poleni sana kwa familia.Why…
Poleni sana kwa familia.Why have people refused to buy life insurance???Or just write a will ukiendea majuu unazikwa tu huko.Now the guy is gone hakuacha pesa yenye inaweza tolewa mwili irudishwe nyeri.
It is always heartbreaking…
It is always heartbreaking to lose a loved one especially one so young. But why do we need transport the body thousands of miles just for disposal and spend massive amounts that could benefit those left behind? Isn’t it time we changed this culture and appreciate the fact that it is the PERSON that we loved and lost, not his physical body, and dispose the remains as quickly as possible but at the same time saving on expenses but also honoring the person? I’m sure that many departed souls would wish the same, I personally would.
How can the useless Kenyan…
How can the useless Kenyan DC embassy demand documents of my useless MUZOGA but had once chased me away when I was alive?I had declined to pay $ 50 for ID as demanded by a lady called Gachukari.Kenyans should consider cheap cremation in many US mortuaries/Raila death centers then wire the constitutions to the “first family” instead of wasting the money to repatriate MAITI to Kenya?
There are plenty of…
There are plenty of cemeteries right here in the United States! As a matter of fact, these cemeteries will forever never fill up with the dead! It’s cheaper than transporting a corpse half world away! Even way cheaper, embrace cremation, it will just be a fraction of the cost!
The dead don’t care, the dead is dead!!!
The problem is the living afraid of dying like the dead and doing some nonsensical stuff!!!
It’s the living who needs the cash, especially if the dead had young children, not fattening the morgue cats ?⬛ and all the dogs that gets fattened up by the whole process!!!
The dead ? is dead ☠️
I seldom agree with Halisi,…
I seldom agree with Halisi, but in this case, he is right as are you. While I sympathize with the bereaved, I have not figured out kwani hatuwezi kujipanga kabla ya kufariki dunia. We all know there is but one way out so why not sort yourself out now. Save your loved ones the troubles and please draw up a will.
@Murogi, ma fren, I am happy…
@Murogi, ma fren, I am happy that you see through the fog of religious psychological warfare!!!! The fat cats ?⬛ and fat dogs ? will never want you to see beyond the brain fog!!!
Sisi ni wa Mwenyezi Mungu na…
Sisi ni wa Mwenyezi Mungu na kwake tutarejea