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Kenyan man found drinking at a bar while his burial was on

While family, friends, and well-wishers gathered for his funeral, a Kenyan man who was presumed dead was found drinking beer in a bar with friends.

Wilson Oluoch and his father

E-Daily reports that Oluoch, a commercial motorcyclist had gone missing from home and after searching for him for several days, his family concluded that something bad had happened to him.

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A few days later, a decomposing body that resembled him was found in a sugarcane plantation not far from his Ombok Kware village in Awedo Sub-County and believing Oluoch to be the dead man, his family began preparations for his burial.

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The grave that was dug for Wilson Oluoch

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But on the day slated for the burial on Saturday, March 25, 2017, while the family and friends gathered to commence the funeral rites, message got to the family that the man they had presumed dead  man believed to be dead was in actually with friends in a bar in the mining town of Rongo guzzling beer and making merry with friends.

The family quickly dispatched emissaries to go and find out if what they heard was true and true to the report, Oluoch was found in the Central Inn Bar in Rongo Town drinking beer with friends.

When asked why he left home, Oluoch revealed that he was ashamed of himself for returning home drunk so he decided to leave home and start a new life elsewhere.

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Sympathizers at Wilson Oluoch 'burial'

Photo: Credit: e-Daily

His parents who spoke to newsmen and expressed their joy at having their son back alive are said to have contacted the council of elders to begin cleansing rituals to enable him to enter their compound again.

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