Man stuns mourners as he ‘weds’ dead wife

A middle-aged man on Friday shocked family and friends in Kilifi County when he decided to fulfil a wedding promise to his late wife.

Kiti Mwangudza Chilango stunned mourners when he turned at the burial of his wife dressed up in a flashy suit and stood next to the deceased’s casket with his “bridal party” that had the best couple, maids, page boys and flower girls, the same way it happens in a real wedding.

He went ahead to cut a wedding cake which he shared amongst the family members and other mourners before the body was taken to the grave yard.

MADE PROMISE

It is a promise Chilango made to his wife five years ago when the got married.

“My late wife’s wish was for me to give her the honour of a wedding. I made a promise to my late wife and I am fulfilling it now,” Chilango told mourners in Kadzinuni village, Kikambala division.

Mbeyu Mbura, a close friend to the deceased, said the couple had traditional wedding but the wife had always been pressing for a church wedding.

Mbeyu said the deceased who had been ailing had made her husband swear to honour her with a wedding whether she’s dead or alive.

“That is why the husband had no option but to do this here today,” Mbura said.

“We feared something bad could happen to the husband or the family if the deceased’s wish is not fulfilled. We feared the husband could even die,” Mbeyu added.

A shocked village elder, Kai Mwandeje, said he had never witnessed such a thing in that village before.

“This could bring complications later if the husband wishes to remarry because this act means his spirit has already joined the deceased’s,” Mr Mwandeje said.