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Chebet and Sheila Kimwattan at a workshop where they sell coffins of different prices at Pioneer estate in Eldoret, July 13, 2026. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]

Before Sharon Chebet reports to her shop off the busy Kisumu Road in Eldoret City, she rarely forgets to ask God to give her her daily bread.

The earnings she yearns for come from her emerging coffin-selling venture.

Even the roar of the furiously flowing waters of River Sosiani has not stopped a youthful Chebet from building her business, despite opposition from peers, family and a community reluctant to accept the display of caskets.