Song and dance as family buries kin five years later

Nyeri, Kenya: Burials are often associated with grief and mourning and it was a rare spectacle when a bereaved homestead broke into jubilation upon arrival of the remains of their loved one.

When the casket bearing the body of 30-year-old Christopher Mbatha Muriuki arrived at Gathaithi village in Mathira, family and friends broke into songs of praise as they ‘welcomed’ him home.