Musician Abeni Jachiga’s Mother, Wife Lie on His Grave To Prevent Irate Fans From Exhuming His Body (Video)

Abenny Jachiga’s mother, Monica Auma, and widow, Belinda Aluoch, have had to lie on the grave of the late musician’s in Kolwa East, Kisumu County to stop mourners and fans from exhuming his body

This is after police finally buried the Ohangla musician at 2:30am at their Chiga home, Kisumu county on Saturday after locals had blocked his planned burial on Friday. 

During the dawn burial, sources told Kenyan Report that only the musician’s brother Austin Omondi was allowed to witnesses the burial. Family sources said police and a group of bouncers went for  Omondi (Jachiga’s brother) at 1 am and picked the body at St. Elizabeth hospital’s morgue then proceeded to bury it without other family members.

“He was buried under tight security with police who were in plain clothes and some bouncers at 2:30am.”

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.

Locals thought they had won the battle against the police on Friday after blocking the planned burial forcing the law enforcers to retreat with the body being returned to the mortuary only to wake up to the news of Jajicha’s burial.

Locals say police waited until the youth that were camping in the musician’s home left then brought the body and buried it with only a few family members.

“They were armed and cruel, they buried him alone while the village was asleep, this is not how things are done,” a local said.

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