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The Meru resident who prefers sleeping in coffins

Carpenter sleeps in coffin
      Joseph Mutuma thinks nothing of sleeping in a coffin.   Photo: Titus Murithi

By Titus Murithi

Joseph Mutuma alias Cameroon is a man at home with death. Mutuma who operates a small book kiosk near a coffin shop along Hospital road in Meru town has no qualms even taking his afternoon siesta in a coffin on display at the shop and he says it feels good when he has a nap in the coffin.

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