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Dowry first! When families demand 'payment' before allowing one to bury spouse

A man exhumes the body of a wpoman following a court order over unpaid dowry. [Mose Sammy, Standard]

Joseph Orina lost his wife of three years in a road accident along the Kisii-Sotik road, after which a painful experience with his in-laws set in.

His wife died on the spot.

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