This archive report was first published on 12 June 2020.
On June 12, 2020, hundreds of mourners in Kisumu County defied a directive by Kisumu Governor Prof. Peter Anyang Nyong'o to bury musician Abenny Jachiga within 24 hours after his death.
The mourners, who had flocked to the late artiste's home in Kolwa East Ward, Chiga Location, Kisumu County, refilled a grave that had been dug by the county health officers in preparation of Abenny's burial.
Abenny Jachiga, a popular Ohangla musician whose real name is Bernard Obonyo, succumbed to pneumonia at 2am on Thursday, June 11 at St. Jairus Hospital in Kisumu.
According to his close friend and Kisumu's Kolwa East Ward MCA Steve Owiti, Abenny Jachiga was taken to the hospital in critical condition on Tuesday, June 9 after developing breathing complications at his home in Chiga, Kisumu East.
Abenny Jachiga is survived by a widow and two children (a son who is in Class Three, and a daughter who is in Class Four).
He was 33 years old at the time of his death.
Abenny Jachiga is known for the Luo song 'Mano Kasinde' which has garnered over 1.25 million views on YouTube since its upload on May 30, 2018.
