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I was high on busaa, helicopter mourner says

Dr. Bruce Oyuko examines Saleh Wanjala, 41, at the Bungoma County Hospital where he was admitted on Friday, 13th May, 2016. Mr. Wanjala had hung on a helicopter that brought the body of slain businessman Jacob Juma during take off at the Bungoma Posta Grounds

Saleh Wanjala, 41, is at pains to explain what transpired moments before the helicopter lifted as he hanged on in Bungoma.

The father of four, three girls and one boy, says he had taken a local brew ‘busaa’ with his friends before proceeding to Posta grounds to view the body of fallen businessman Jacob Juma.

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