A luyha Man working in Nairobi invited his friends for his departed mother's burial in Shinyalu.. : After lowering the body, the family placed yam, rice, meat etc, into the grave in line with tradition. : A kikuyu man asked, "why do so? " ::
The luhya man smiled & said, according to our tradition, the dead go on a long journey & need all the food items they can get". ::
A Luo man dropped 100,000k inside and said, "when the food is finished, buy some more". ::
A Kisii man dropped 50,000k and said, "add this in case it's not enough". ::
The Kikuyu man smiled and brought out his cheque book & wrote a cheque of 200,000k, dropped it in the coffin & took the 150,000k notes as change, then said, "withdraw when you reach dear...It is going to be a dangerous journey we don't know how many robbers are out there and after all we are in a cashless economy !!