Residents of East Kolwa, Kisumu county block the burial of Musician Abbeny Jachiga.The angry residents say they want a postmortem to be done to ascertain the cause of death of the budding musician. The villagers are claiming that he was poisoned. They sealed the grave and refilled it with soil prompting policemen to fire in the air and lob teagas to disburse the angry villagers.
The popular Luo musician Bernard Onyango, better known by the stage name Abenny Jachiga, passed away on Thursday, June 11 at 2am while undergoing treatment at St Jairus Hospital in Kisumu where he had been admitted after developing breathing complications at his home in Chiga.
Abenny reportedly fell ill on June 5 and was taken to a local hospital before he was transferred to St Elizabeth Hospital.
His condition did not improve and was he later transferred to the Aga Khan Hospital in Kisumu.
“At Aga Khan, the doctors explained that his kidneys were affected. The family requested to transfer him to an affordable hospital,” his brother, Austin Omondi said.
“He was finally admitted at St Jairus Hospital near the Kisumu International Airport, where he died at around 2am on Thursday,” Omondi said.
