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Nakuru touts 'hijack' funeral, fight over burial equipment, plant vegetables on grave

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Mourners who attended a funeral in Nakuru village are still reeling from shock after a bunch of drunk touts hijacked and turned it into a chaotic mess, claiming they had a right over the remains of one of their own.

The aggressive touts stormed the burial midway, took over the ceremony, tussled and even clobbered each other silly with hoes and shovels, preventing relatives from interring the deceased in peace.

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