Kenneth Matiba died two weeks ago. After all the "heartfelt" condolences and fake wishes by many in the political establishment, his family dropped a bombshell on Kenyans. What? That he would be cremated.

This goes against many traditions in most Kenyan communities. That brings about the question, what did communities do too. Remember this list is greatly truncated for the sake of brevity.

Kenneth Matiba belonged to the Agikuyu community and we will start with what there traditions entailed:

Among the Kikuyu

Under Kikuyu customary law, it was seen as a great transgression for any member of the tribe to touch a corpse.