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Villagers shocked at tycoon's dawn burial in Siaya County

The late Tycoon, Eliakim Washington Olweny, who was buried at 8 am at his home in Ukwala, in Siaya County following wrangles between his three wives

A family was accused of taboo after burying a tycoon at 8am, shocking hundreds of mourners among them Members of Parliament, who had turned up for the funeral.

Renowned Nakuru businessman Eliakim Washington Olweny was buried under tight security in a brief and tense dawn ceremony at his home in Ugenya, Ukwala following weeks of wrangling among his three wives.

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