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Kenyans can\u2019t stop talking about Biwott\u2019s special gold-encrusted casket. But is there a speck of truth about everything that has been said about that special coffin?<\/p>\n

Facebook is awash with photos of gold-encrusted coffin said to be imported into the country for the sole purpose of carrying the remains of Total Man.<\/p>\n

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The gold-encrusted casket said to be imported to Kenya to carry the remains of Biwott<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rumormongers have taken Kenyans for a ride claiming that the coffin is worth million of shillings and that it is even bulletproof.<\/p>\n

But the photos of Biwott\u2019s coffin that are doing rounds on social media appear to be the same as those ones taken during the burial of popular Nigerian politician – Mama HID Awolowo.<\/p>\n

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Cunning Kenyans used photos of gold-encrusted casket carrying the remains of Nigerian politician Mama Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo to claim the casket was Biwott’s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The Nigerian lady was buried in a special gold-encrusted coffin, devious Kenyans just lifted the photos from Nigerian sites and claimed the coffin was Biwott\u2019s.<\/p>\n

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Kenyans can\u2019t stop talking about Biwott\u2019s special gold-encrusted casket. But is there a speck of truth about everything that has been said about that special coffin? Facebook is awash with photos of gold-encrusted coffin said to be imported into the country for the sole purpose of carrying the remains of Total Man. Rumormongers have taken […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2834,"featured_media":8357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3448,2928],"class_list":["post-8355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-biwotts-casket-news","tag-nicholas-biwott-news"],"yoast_head":"\nPhotos of Biwott\u2019s gold-encrusted coffin send social media into a frenzy - Ghafla! 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