Mourners scampered for safety in Makutano village in Bungoma after two men clashed over a dead woman’s body.
The current and former husband of diehard Jubilee supporter Catherine Naliaka, alias Mama Brenda, had a bitter falling out during her burial.
Naliaka’s husband Tom Wekesa moved mourners to tears when he narrated how he struggled with his sick wife. He thanked Senate Speaker Kenneth Lusaka and former Bungoma governor for helping him offset the bill at Mediheal Hospital in Eldoret.
Drama started when the master of ceremony invited Naliaka’s former husband Davis Barasa, with whom they sired five children.
Barasa said domestic quarrels led to their break up. He said they lived happily at their ancestral home in Maanga village, Webuye West constituency. However, things started changing when they moved to Kanduyi market.
“It was not an easy decision for me to allow another man to bury my wife. After all, he only has one child with her. I made a bold decision but it is still painful,” he told mourners.
At this point, a furious Wekesa sprang to his feet and charged at Barasa. But mourners and relatives restrained him. Barasa was whisked away to cool things down.
Since Naliaka died, there had been a stand-off between Wekesa and Barasa. The matter almost ended in court. However, the burial committee chairman Pius Ndumba prevailed on the two to find an amicably resolved.