Kisii: Grief as the body of a woman who died in the US a year after moving home comes home

Zipporah Nyanchama’s family is still in shock following her death in the United States
Nyanchama’s body returned to her rural home in Kisii County in a wooden coffin before her farewell
There was a cry in her country home as family members and friends mourned a mother who had left behind a young son

This is a moment full of emotions for the residents Kisii County welcome the body of one’s own deceased abroad.

Nyanchama’s body arrives in a wooden coffin

Zipporah Nyanchama unfortunately met his fate in the United States a year after moving to the country.

The woman left behind a four-year-old son and a family in shock following her untimely death.

Friends, families and villagers could not contain their emotions as her body arrived home ahead of burial plans.

Her lifeless body lay in a wooden coffin carried by a group of porters to a tent set up in her country house.

In the background, the cries of a grieving, saddened Nyanchama, described by her sister, Grace Kerubo, as a loving soul, could be heard.

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Kerubo appealed to Kenyans to help the family raise money to repatriate their relative’s body.

She expressed the financial pressure on the family as Nyanchama, who died after a short illness, left behind a significant economic burden.

“We call on everyone, near and far, to support this family in this difficult time,” she appealed TUKO.co.ke.

Social media users flocked to the comments section to write heartwarming comments condolences to the family.

jobosiemo8375:

“I’m so sorry. She went to look for greener pastures for her family.”

maureenoziemo8711:

“It’s really sad. May God comfort the family.”

VioletMbaisi:

“You mean this is how people’s dreams end? We apologize to the family.”

annmcb:

“I’m crying too because I’m a foreigner who came to New York almost 40 years ago. Now I live in another state.”

In another story Anthony Gichua Kinuthia he went to work abroad in Dubai but went missing a few months after arriving.

The family of the Chuka University graduate tried everything to find him and bring him back home after he expressed his desire to return.

His sister Mercy told it TUKO.co.ke that Kinutia was tortured and the torture led to his premature death.

Proofreading by Otukho Jackson, multimedia journalist and editor at TUKO.co.ke

Source: TUKO.co.ke