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Woe for prominent men as the fatherless pursue their roots

By MOSES MICHIRA

A horror-like incident that happened six years ago that involved the exhumation of the body of a former top civil servant left a village dazed. The clergy administering the second burial taking place 17 years after George Matheka died and buried, was lost for words as he tried to plead for calm among mourners. Mr Matheka had not resurrected but his spirit had been disturbed, mumbled the reverend.

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