Irony of decent funerals for rich as poor wail for respect

Men in white carry the casket containing the remains of the late PCEA Secretary-General Rev Peter Kania Kariuki during his burial in Kikuyu. [Hudson Wainaina/Standard]

The novel coronavirus was heralded as the great equaliser when the first case was confirmed in Kenya.

The virus, it seemed, did not care whether you were a wealthy Nairobi resident or a poor citizen trying to literally scratch off a living from the earth.