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Funeral halted for an hour for missing tools in Bungoma

Burrial ceremony in Ranje village, Kanduyi constituency, Bungoma Countly was halted for an hour after a jembe and spade went missing. T

he cleric who was at the funeral had to wait at the grave for the tools to be brought. It is alleged that such incidences are common in Bungoma County where there's a belief that tools used during burrial especially jembe should be cleansed. The burrial went on after the tools were brought.

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