Kameme FM Presenter, Benson Gathungu alias Mzee Kiengei, has raised concerns over the rising number of deaths in the country.
Taking to his Facebook page, Kiengei raised concerns in the wake of noticing several burial service vehicles along Nairobi-Sagana highway when he was going to Kirinyaga on Saturday to emcee in a function.
As indicated by Kiengei, in each 10 vehicles along the busy highway, 7 have red strips while three others are probably going to be funeral cars.
He prayed to God for mercy and asked for repentance, following the deaths in the country.
“In every 10 vehicles on Nairobi Nyeri highway 7 have red ribbons and 3 are Hearse services vehicles…….God, We are sorry for every sin in this Nation…..Have mercy on us the Sting of death is Becoming so hard and bitter to us, Please Stop this wave of Death,” he posted on his Facebook page.
Kiengei’s followers concurred with his conclusions and asked for forgiveness.
A large portion of his followers said that they have additionally recognized a lot of funeral vehicles along major highways particularly on weekends.
“Yesterday I was going to Nairobi through Othaya Gitugi Road. I counted 5 different burials going on, Things are though,” one of his Facebook followers commented.
“I am along Nairobi Nakuru highway and I can attest to that. I happen to have a stopover at Delamere and there are so many vehicles going for burial,” Another follower interjected.
Last week, Kiengei revealed that he lost 4 friends in a night due to Covid-19