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Drama at morgue as two churches fight to dress, bury body

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There was drama at Kakamega General Hospital after two groups from different churches fought over who was to dress up the body, transport, and take charge of the burial service of one of their members who died during a road accident.

This was after the Salvation Army and the African Divine Church both came with a casket and clothes for the deceased ready for the burial arrangements. The deceased, Erick Sunguti from Mululu Village, Sabatia Constituency Vihiga County died after he was hit by a running vehicle in Kakamega County.

However, on Tuesday, the two factions of the church arrived at the Kakamega Funeral Parlour each demanding that the deceased was their church member.

According to the deceased's family, Sunguti was first a member of the Salvation Army Church where he worshiped with his mother before he left and joined the African Divine Church.

The Salvation Army Church demanded to be allowed to bury the deceased because it was his childhood church and his mother is still a member.

The African Divine Church argued that they were the ones to take charge stating that until his death, the deceased was their member and a treasurer of the church.

However, the two churches later agreed and the African Divine Church took charge of the funeral ceremony.

"We have never witnessed such an incident again. Our brother used to worship at the Salvation Army church in his childhood before he later left and joined the African Divine Church. The drama was uncalled for," said Josephine Mukasia, the deceased's sister.

"My brother was a mature man and the two churches needed to respect his choice of worship and he should be buried in peace, we have stayed here for a long time because of the drama which is the least we can expect from our churches, it is embarrassing."

Hudson Atoya, a leader at the African Divine Church said the deceased was their member and the treasurer and therefore they had every right to bury him.

"The deceased was not only a congregant but he was a treasurer and a youth leader in the church therefore we are surprised to see the differences we have experienced and yet we are the ones to be in charge of the burial arrangements and taking him out of mortuary," said Atoya.

The drama did not go well with the deceased friends and business colleagues who blamed the two churches for disrespecting the dead at the time he needed peace.

However, they said the deceased has been attending both churches on different occasions, something that had made the two churches disagree.

"I have known the deceased as a humble and kind man and it is embarrassing to see the way he is being treated, this is a disrespect to the dead who is resting peacefully in fact where he is currently he is an angry man and he is listening to everything going on and such act and drama should not have occurred, they can make the deceased become angry and even refuse to go home for burial," Bernard Oundo.

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