By Antynet Ford
Tiktoker, Brian Chira will be buried in a graduation gown.
This was revealed today by the late’s close friend Baba Talisha who stated that it as his grandmother’s request.
Baba Talisha said they decided to do so after Chira’s grandmother made the special request.
He revealed that the burial will be on March 26 and the funeral will take place in Githunguri where Chira’s grandmother lives.
“The body viewing will happen at Kenyatta Funeral Home and not at the grandmother’s home in line with the Kikuyu tradition.” He said.
Brian Chira died in a road accident at around 3am last week on March 16, 2024, with reports of his demise spreading on social media on Saturday afternoon.
According to police, the accident occurred on the Ndenderu-Ruaka Road in Kiambu County around 3 am on Saturday.
The white speeding canter struck the influential social media personality did not stop at the scene.
Chira was being taken home by his friend on a motorbike when the tragedy happened.
The friend bumped into Chira outside a club in the area after he had been thrown out by security guards for allegedly causing chaos at the entertainment joint.
Witnesses claimed he was drunk and unruly. By then the management was planning to close the club and Chira was alone.
A friend who knew Chira offered to carry him to his house in the area.
On reaching the Gacharage roundabout, Chira is said to have alighted the motorbike and then ran to the main road where he was knocked down by the speeding lorry and died on the spot.
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His body was taken to Nairobi Funeral Home (formerly City Mortuary) but it was later moved to the Kenyatta University funeral home.
Chira was an orphan and was raised by his grandmother.
