Suitcases: Cheap and dramatic ways Kenyans transport their dead

The boda boda rider had stolen a suitcase as he helped a conductor offload luggage from the boot, which turned out to contain a corpse

Strange tales have been told about the dead. The most common ones are those about ‘stubborn’ corpses that refuse to go home for burial, till certain rituals are performed.

Like that one of a certain Kipkoech who mysteriously stalled the otherwise mechanically sound vehicle which was transporting him, and only agreed to proceed with the journey to his destination in Eldoret after he was thoroughly caned by elders.