There was a fusion of modernity and culture at Lee Funeral Home where the body of the late former education CS George Magoha lay.
With great fanfare, his relatives and Nigerian in-laws converged at Lee to retrieve his body ahead of a town procession.
Magoha’s in-laws from Nigeria performed a cultural practice before the body was put in a Mercedes limousine.
Dressed in gowns like white coverups and hats with green patches, they put rungus on the hearse and spoke some words while tapping on the limousine.
The practice is said to cleanse the dead from any grudges against living beings.
In Nigeria, the cleansing ceremony is meant to be conducted by elderly men but because they are in Kenya, it has been done by young boys.
Another lady, in a blue dress with a red hat, was seen tapping the limo with a fan-like object.
Outside the room, stood friends and family of Magoha.
Starehe boys and Starehe Girls band performed a song while waiting for the body to leave.
The caravan will go through KNH, Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC), KNEC, St Georges Primary, State House Girls, University of Nairobi and finally at Starehe Centre.
Notably, these are the institutions that Magoha worked with and for, studied and for obvious reasons, left an impact.