Land row turns burial into 20-minute affair

Youth carry the casket bearing the remains of Elijah Kogi, of Chamuka village in Nyandarua on Monday. His burial was conducted hurriedly following wrangles between family members over the land he was to be interred in. [Kennedy Gachuhi, Standard]

Residents of Chamuka village in Nyandarua County were on Monday left in shock after a 68-year-old man was buried under what they termed 'bizarre' circumstances. 

Elijah Kogi, who died on December 10 after a short illness, was buried without the usual rites being followed; there were no prayers, no reading of a eulogy and there was no elaborate funeral service.