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A requiem mass for 38 people, who were among the 43 people from Embu County who died after drinking an illicit brew. [PHOTO: JOSEPH MUCHIRI/STANDARD]
By JOSEPH MUCHIRI
EMBU COUNTY: The 38 coffins were laid side by side, as if to symbolise unwavering comradeship even in death, with portraits revealing the identities of the victims of the killer brew that devastated Shauri Yako slums in Embu County.
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