The committee tasked with planning the burial of comedian Ben Maurice Onyango alias Othuol Othuol has come out to defend its Sh1 million budget for his final send-off. A statement released last week by Comedians In Kenya Society chairman Ken Waundo indicating the funeral cost elicited varied reactions, but mostly rebuke. But appearing on The Trend on NTV, Waudo alongside comedians Terrence Creative and Sandra Dacha of Auntie Boss fame sought to explain why Othuol’s funeral cost was that high. “Othuol had been ill for a very long time, about four years, before he met his death. Othuol who was suffering from Tuberculosis and succumbed to brain tumor last week will be buried at his rural home in Siaya county on October 24.

Source: Daily Nation October 19, 2020 11:37 UTC