Busia: Cheers as 62-year-old woman thought dead, body identified in mortuary returns home

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  • Masiebi village, Busia county, heard jubilant songs after a woman, Margaret Namenya, believed dead returned home
  • The 62-year-old woman had been dead for two weeks and her body was identified at the Busial County Mortuary.
  • Plans were underway for her funeral, which turned out to be a Thanksgiving ceremony for Namenya’s miraculous return

Residents of Masiebi village, Busia provinceare in mixed reactions of shock and joy after a bizarre incident.

Residents of Busia province celebrate (l) after the return of Margaret Namenya (r).
Residents of Masiebi village in Busia in festive mood (l) as they welcomed Margaret Namenya (r), who had been ‘dead’ for two weeks. Photo: KBC Channel 1.
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Margaret Namenya, a 62-year-old woman who was thought to be dead, has returned home safe and sound.

The sixty-year-old returned to her home in perfect health after reportedly being dead for two weeks.

Namenya bought soda after coming back to life

Part of her family members had identified the elderly woman’s body at the Busia County mortuary after her death.

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“I couldn’t catch a glimpse of her face in the state she was in at the mortuary. I told the attendant that if it was my mother, I would recognize her by her nails,” said a relative.

When family members heard of her miraculous return, they rushed home to confirm the good news.

“When she was found, I told my son to take a boda boda and pick her up,” said Namenya’s husband. When mom saw me, he screamed. We bought her a liter of soft drink, which she drank every last drop,” says Namenya’s son.

Funeral plans changed to a Thanksgiving ceremony in Busia

A funeral ceremony for Namenya was already being prepared, but residents were relieved that one of their own had returned.

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One man said a cow was ready to be killed ahead of Namenya’s funeral, but plans changed.

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“Now that she is home, the plans to bring and kill the cow will not stop because this will be her Thanksgiving celebration. Let that cow be brought, killed and eaten because of the joy we have,” said another man.

Despite the fortunate turn of events from a funeral to a welcome party, the question was raised about the legal owners of the identified body.

Nandi man, 90, returns home after 50 years

Another story involves a 90-year-old man who… had been missing for 50 years reunited with his family.

Peter Kiplel Arap left his house angry after a mzungu The settler took his sheep by force because they had invaded his shamba and eaten crops.

For years, the elderly man’s family searched in vain for him, wanting to bring him home.

It turned out that Kiplel was inside Uasin Gishu worked on the farm of a lady known as Grace Biwott, and there they taught him how to seek God in the church.

Source: TUKO.co.ke