A chilling quiet swept over Matanya area in Laikipia East as the casket of Julia Wangui Kariuki, a 30-year-old mother of two, was lowered into the soil of her ancestral home.
Mourners braved the cold wind in Kibubung’i village — a once-quiet settlement now transformed into a symbol of grief — where Julia, the daughter of a respected local chief, was laid to rest nearly a month after she allegedly died in hospital following a mysterious and still-contested stint in police custody.
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