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Shock in Kiminini as man digs up wife's grave over 'haunting'

At dawn, Gabriel Kiplimo, 41, single-handedly exhumed the body of his wife, Nancy Namalwa, who had been buried three weeks prior. [Martin Ndiema/Standard]

Residents of Mbai Farm in Kiminini Constituency were left shaken on Saturday morning after witnessing a bizarre act that blurred the line between grief, culture, and spiritual fear.

At dawn, Gabriel Kiplimo, 41, single-handedly exhumed the body of his wife, Nancy Namalwa, who had been buried three weeks prior. His reason? He claimed her spirit had been tormenting him in dreams, begging to be set free.

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