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Migori residents were shocked after a man sought death over a stressful wife.
Mr Awilo JaSiaya, on Thursday approached a carpenter and inquired about the price of a coffin little did the carpenter know that he was asking for his own coffin.
According to carpenter Alphonse Odhiambo, “He was wearing a boda boda rider’s reflector jacket. We thought he was coming to buy a coffin for a burial somewhere else.”
He further proceeded and paid Sh13,000 for the coffin, added Odhiambo
“When we asked him who was going to be buried, he said himself. He then jumped inside the coffin and lay down,” Odhiambo said.
JaSiaya did not tire to py motre money to one of the motoirbilke riders to take him home while inside the casket, wearing a campaign reflector jacket with Siaya Governor Cornel Rasanga’s portrait.
According to JaSiaya, “Despite having very powerful relatives, my wife has been disturbing me, I’m fed up. So I planned this funeral because I am like a walking corpse.”
He said he married his wife in 2000 and together they have three children. Their eldest daughter is in Form Two.
According to their neighbours the man has been problematic adding that he was chased away from his home because of his behaviour.
Additionally, the man has been beating up his wife in public.
“He once walked into Migori Referral Hospital morgue and told morticians that he had a body which needs to be preserved. He was restrained as he tried to get into a freezer,” a neighbour said.