Drama unfolded in Murang’a county on Saturday after a man tried to bury his deceased wife in their house.
Kelvin Mwangi from Rwathia village is said to have hired men from elsewhere to dig a grave inside his bedroom where he planned to bury his late wife, Lucy Muthoni.
But Mwangi’s plan was thwarted at the last minute after irate neighbors who got wind of the bizarre burial rushed to his house and stopped the ceremony. Despite protests from the deceased’s family, villagers went ahead to cover up the grave using stones.
Neighbors said Mwangi is a member of a sect that believes that people who die have gone to sleep and may resurrect any time.
“The sect believes that the dead have just gone to sleep and will wake up, that is why he wanted to bury her in the bedroom,” a resident explained.
Muthoni passed away a week ago and Mwangi refused to involve neighbors in the burial plans, which is against the traditions. He hired grave diggers from another village to conceal his plans.
The deceased’s body was taken back to a morgue within Kangema until the matter is resolved.
Dini za kigeni bandia…
Dini za kigeni bandia zimetuletea maafa makubwa yasiyo na mwisho nchini.
Foreign and fake religions have brought us endless and unimaginable calamities in our nation.
Nimeandika hapa mara nyingi ya kwamba, dini ni sehemu moja ya mila za watu. Iwapo utaacha dini ya mababu zako, bila shaka utaona majaabu mengi kama haya yaliyotendeka Murang’a.
I have written several times that religion is an integral part of a people’s culture. When one abandons his/her ancestral religion, the outcome will be many unbelievable wonders and surprises such as what has happened in Muran’ga.
Hebu tazama mambo ya ufisadi nchini. Mafisadi wote wanaamini dini bandia za kigeni. Dini zetu za kiasili hazikukubali ufisadi kama sehemu mojawapo ya mila zetu.
Let us examine the degree of corruption in our nation. All Kenyans involved in corrupt practices are members of foreign fake religions. Our traditional religious practices did not accept or tolerate corruption as an integral part of our cultures.