The body of billionaire Tob Cohen was laid to rest at the Jewish Cemetary in Nairobi in accordance with Jewish traditions as he requested in his will.
The body was buried in an unusual coffin which in their tradition, they refer to it as a 'box'.
The Jewish bury their dead in bedsheets only but this time around, they decided to incorporate part of the African culture.
The widow of the slain tycoon Sarah Wairimu was among those who attended the event. Before the burial, Cohen's lawyer said that they have made some changes to the burial after opting for a coffin, but he said it had no designs on the same as normal ones.
"The body has been taken, the body has been sealed and they are going to use unlike the usual burial where they use bedsheets… they have decided to perhaps to accommodate slightly part of our culture whereby they are going to use a coffin. This kind of a coffin they don’t call it a coffin as we call it. They call it a box and the box has not no markings or any kind of writing,” said Cliff Ombeta in part.
Cohen's widow, Sarah Wairimu who is the chief suspect in the murder said that time will vindicate her.