Giving the dead a final glow is my passion, says funeral home director

Sheila Kiarie at her Kabaiyas Funeral Parlour in Nakuru on August 13, 2024. Sheila oversees a range of funeral services, including the sale of coffins, dressing the deceased, arranging hearse services, operating lowering gear machines, and ensuring a dignified farewell for the departed. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

Applying makeup on a dead person is not much different than on a living person, says Sheila Kiarie, a Nakuru-based funeral director.

Ms Kiarie had always been drawn to death. Before she decided to take it as a job, she would visit Nakuru Level 5 Hospital daily just to see dead bodies.