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Environmentalist wanted bamboo coffin for burial, fruit trees in place of flowers

While most people omit burial details in their written or oral wills, residents of Kapkomool in Keiyo South this week witnessed a burial of its kind.

Joseph Chebasa Kipchoge, an environmentalist who died aged 89, had laid down his unique demands for his final send-off which left his family and neighbours in shock.

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