In the African Society,we always have the habit of taking the body to our ancestral homes and then perform the final rites as required in our respective cultures.
Most of the bodies of the 32 Kenyans who perished in the Ethiopian plane crash will never be recovered, identified and buried.
The Grieving relatives and friends who flew to Addis Ababa in hopes of retrieving something were shocked and devastated by the lack of remains.
Devastate mourners threw themselves onto a ground littered with business cards, seat covers and pieces of aluminium.
They cried the names of loved ones who had been aboard the jetliner that nose-dived into the field, leaving a dark scar in the soil but barely a trace of their existence.
Some of the mourners were praying, others scooping soil from the ground, while some offered fruit or flowers.
This was an international tragedy, and even people untouched by the disaster made the trek to the remote site to pay their respects.
May the families of the departed find peace and comfort this trying period.