No coffin or eulogies as Haji buried in line with Muslim customs

President Uhuru Kenyatta visited the Nairobi home of Garissa Senator Yusuf Haji to condole with the family following the death and burial of the legislator on February 15, 2021. [PSCU, Standard]

To those unacquainted with Muslim customs, the burial ceremony of Garissa Senator Yusuf Haji on Monday may have appeared out of the ordinary for a dignitary.

Compared to former Cabinet minister Simeon Nyachae’s burial in Kisii on the same day, Haji’s seemed unremarkable: There was no service in a stadium, no fancy coffin, and no eulogies.