Jachiga’s mum sits on his grave to stop mourners from exhuming body

Musician Abenny Jachiga’s mother Monica Auma and widow Belinda Aluoch on Saturday morning sat on his grave to stop hundreds of mourners — who had arrived at his home in Kolwa East, Chiga Sub-Location, Kisumu East Constituency — from exhuming his body after learning that the singer was interred at 1:30am, when they (mourners) were asleep.

The grievers were
protesting against Jachiga’s night burial, saying Luo traditions stipulate that
only people who die by suicide are buried in the dead of night.

“Jachiga did not
commit suicide, he died after a short illness. We want to exhume his body and
give him a decent send-off that befits his stature,” one of the mourners was
heard saying.

Out of respect for
Jachiga’s elderly mother, the mourners couldn’t immediately embark on the
emptying of the grave.

They watched on as Jachiga’s
mum Ms Auma, and widow Ms Aluoch, sat on the grave.

“You want to kill
me! Don’t exhume my son’s body,” said Auma as she looked straight into the
mourners’ eyes.

“Once they (Auma and
Aluoch) rise from the grave, we will dig the burial pit out,” another mourner
was heard saying in Dholuo.

Jachiga, who allegedly succumbed to pneumonia on Thursday, June 11, was buried at 1:30am Saturday after hours of impasse occasioned by the mourners’ demands, which clashed with directives on burials by the County Government of Kisumu.