Kenyan student who drowned in Australia buried in emotional ceremony

Sharon Jepkosgei Kigen's kin at her funeral in Kimuchi village, Uasin Gishu County. Sharon drowned at Simmos Beach in Sydney, Australia. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]

A Kenyan student who drowned last month while swimming with her colleagues at Simmos Beach in Sydney, Australia, has been buried in Uasin Gishu County.

Sharon Jepkosgei Kigen was laid to rest at her parent's home in Kimuchi village in Moiben sub-county in an emotional ceremony where her family eulogized the 28-year-old student as a bright student who had a promising future.