A grieving daughter’s outburst at her father’s burial has opened a deep family rift, with relatives on both sides now trading painful allegations about how Bosco Kebati spent his final days.
The conflict became public during the burial service when Lyndah Kebati stood before the gathering and accused her father’s other relatives of completely shutting out her mother, Angelica Akinyi, and their family from the farewell process.
“Angelica Akinyi, that is my mom, and we lived with my dad before he died. So I don’t know why you are telling people that everyone should come with our peace. So what peace have people come here with?” she said.
Lyndah did not stop there. She revealed that she had been so excluded from her father’s life by his first family that she did not even know his baptismal name.
“The second family was never included. How can you expect me to keep quiet while I speak? This is my father, and if that man is your father, come and stand here,” she told the gathering.
What the First Family Alleges
Members of the first family have since responded through a Facebook post, presenting a starkly different account of Bosco’s final chapter. According to the post, Bosco had spent roughly 28 years living with Lyndah’s mother in town while his first family remained in the village.
The post alleged that as Bosco’s health deteriorated after three years of enjoying his pension. The family claims it was the first wife and her family who took care of him in his final months.
A family member identified as Mutua allegedly rallied the broader Kabati family to fund Bosco’s medical care, and his siblings reportedly created a WhatsApp group to track every contribution, expense and requirement until his death.
The photos shared showed an elderly Bosco in a wheelchair during his final months. In one photo, he was eating; in another, he was with family members.
Exclusion from Tributes
The post further claimed that throughout Bosco’s illness and hospitalisation in the village, Lyndah and her mother never visited him once.
After receiving news of his passing, the two allegedly sought access to his identification documents and burial permit, reportedly to process a death insurance payout, a request that was denied.
According to the family, these events were the direct reason Lyndah was left off the list of those permitted to pay tribute at the burial service, the very exclusion that triggered her public confrontation.
The two versions of events remain sharply contested, and the burial of Bosco Kebati has left a family visibly fractured, with grief tangled up in years of unresolved grievances.
