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Shock as Kakamega county staff dig up coffin, strip body of uniform

The uniform that was stripped from the body of a youth service employee hangs from a tree in a homestead in Eburinde village, Butere, yesterday. [Brian Kisanji, Standard]

A family in Butere was left in shock Monday after the body of a relative was forcibly exhumed by county officials.

Martin Shikuku Alukoye had been employed in the newly-formed Kakamega County Youth Service when he fell into River Eburinde on August 7 and drowned.

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