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The coffin at the centre of the family dispute in Kapretwa village, Trans Nzoia County. [Osinde Obare, Standard]
When David Kalamu left his Moruk home last Thursday to assist in the burial arrangement of his kin in Kapretwa village in Trans Nzoia County, little did he know what awaited him.
In a sad twist of fate, Kalamu 60, met his death in a cruel manner. The man was hacked to dead by his nephews for making a coffin for his late brother-in-law Nyongesa Maero without their consent.
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