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Family members are overcome with grief during the funeral service of Mercy Precious Wangeci in Lanet, Nakuru County. Mercy, a Form Four student at Utumishi Girls Academy, was among the 16 students who lost their lives in the dormitory fire tragedy at the school.[Kipsang Joseph, Standard]
It was a profoundly heartbreaking day in various villages in three counties, as remains of some of the victims of the Utumishi Girls Senior School dormitory fire were laid to rest.
A heavy, suffocating silence fell over Nakuru In Lanet, yesterday as families laid to rest victims of the May 28 tragedy.
What were intended as private family burials became collective expressions of grief, uniting the stories of brilliant young lives cut short and a mother who made the ultimate sacrifice while rushing to her daughter’s aid.
