“I received meagre payments from the photography job and when I was promised good tidings from dressing the dead, I did not look back," said the journalist currently attached to Coro FM. His job description included shaving, dressing, beautifying and washing bodies, a job he performed with zeal. Although, he loved his job, Githuki was ostracized by the community and family members. I even recruited two of my student colleague for the part time job,” Githuki told The Nairobian. “Because of the dead, I’m now a journalist and a happily married father-of-two,” Githuki said.

Source: Standard Digital July 15, 2021 10:52 UTC