Business came to a standstill in Nakuru’s CBD Friday morning as hundreds of residents paid their last respect to Nakuru-born gospel artiste Christonimph Wambui.
The 19-year-old lost her life in a tragic road accident last week at Kikopey when a 14-seater matatu he was travelling in collided head-on with a truck.
His casket was taken through Kenyatta Avenue as fellow artistes paid their last respect playing her music as a tribute.
The convoy went up to Nakuru’s Nyayo garden before proceeding to Nakuru’s South cemetery where she was laid to rest.
“It’s rare to see so many young people coming out for burial. This is proof of how much Christonimph had impacted on their lives,” says Amos Njoroge, an emcee and performing artiste in Nakuru.
Those who paid tribute to the deceased praised her joyous nature, love for life and generosity.
Her neighbours and parents eulogised her as an obedient child.
In a moving tribute, Wambui's mother Grace Watiri talked of her anguish knowing she will not be seeing her daughter ever again.
“I feel like I need to wake up from this week-long dream. How do I go on living knowing that you, my angel, my God-sent perfect gift, the first fruit of my womb will not arrive home this evening and instead, I will only be left playing and replaying the songs you kept singing?” posed her mother.
Hundreds of her fans, friends and other residents then walked beside the cortege from Nakuru CBD to Nakuru South cemetery in Kivumbini.
Wambui was born on October 27 1998. She was the first born daughter of Bernard Mburu and Grace Watiri.
She attended Petals View Academy and Teachers Primary school for her primary education.
She later attended Upper Hill and Mountain Park schools. She sat for her KCSE in 2017. She worshipped at Breakthrough Center (JEC).
She wrote and recorded her first song while still a student.
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