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A Meru family was left in complete disbelief after a group of mourners arrived at their rural homestead for a burial they had never heard of, allegedly victims of a fundraising scam staged by their own relative.
According to a family member identified as Oliver, their cousin, who reportedly resides in Isiolo, allegedly told people in his community that his child had passed away.
The story spread quickly enough that well-wishers contributed a total of KSh 20,000 towards the funeral, and a group of mourners reportedly hired vehicles and made the journey from Isiolo to Meru expecting to attend a burial.
When the group reached the homestead, the Meru family was completely in the dark. No child had died, and no burial had been planned. The mourners had travelled all that way based on what appears to have been a fabricated story.
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Video footage captured at the homestead shows what appears to be a prayer session conducted outdoors in the compound, surrounded by trees and open grassland.
A preacher is heard declaring blessings and spiritual protection over the children present, commanding the "destruction of death"
