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Dr Gakara widow reads bedtime stories to her children during burial

The burial ceremony of Dr James Gakara and his children Dylan 5, and Hailey 3 at Mbaruk area in Gilgil, Nakuru County on September 28, 2021.[Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

Grief engulfed mourners who turned up to bid farewell to the doctor believed to have killed his two children before committing suicide. The burial took place at their Mbaruk home in Gilgil. 

James Gakara, 54, was interred in a separate grave, as his children Dylan, five, and Hailey, three, were buried in one.

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