Business of Death

Many prominent and rich people who die in Kenya or abroad are eventually brought to Lee Funeral Home, question is what kind of services do they offer there that other funeral homes like Umash can’t offer, how much do they charge daily as morgue fees and autopsy, and who owns the funeral home. They must be lucky to neighbor Nairobi Hospital, a rich dude dies there anavukishwa fence body still warm.

And who was Lee, was he a master embalmer?

they are creating lanes, sort of class segregation. imagine a reach guy from Karen next to a nduthi guy from gatwekera.

May be its just brand awareness. We tend buy what we know…

tafuta snob/ostentatious/Veblen goods

Msando’s side dish aliachwa wapi when he was taken to Lee?

But everyone associates Lee with reach people death mbona hawapelekwi Umash, Nyeri Governor alitolewa Thika to be brought to Lee, why not KU funeral home?

Hehe Lee is a luxury commodity for the dead

It’s how they preserve the body, I’ve been to most morgues za Nairobi and kuna a very big difference. Lee uki ingia hata hakuna harufu ya dawa, maiti ina kaa fresh ni kama ya mtu ame lala tu…

Ranes my fren. Ranes.

last i checked the dead had no costs or obligations…

huko wafu wanapewa pizza na chai msee. Thai massage for those who can afford.

Yaani village crier aliongeza vocabulary ya kijiji ?

they don’t use formaldehyde?

Conspicuous consumption

Rekebisha Kabla walimu wafike.

even when alive, mheshimiwa atapelekwa Nairobi hospital Driver asukumwe KNH

Pia wewe rekebisha, wanakuja.

you are very slow today

Reach/rich, who is the slow one?

Anyone with an idea of daily morgue fees?