Kakamega Dead woman's ghost comes back to point at killers and tell family where her body is hidden

The saying "the dead don't tell tales" has come to haunt police and a Kakamega town when the body of a lady who had been missing for more than a week was found after its location was revealed in a dream.

The strange episode has reignited the long-running argument over whether the dead may speak to the living and the applicability of "their messages" to those they may have talked to.

Police are unsure of whether to treat the person to whom the revelation was made as a whistle-blower or a suspect as the villagers speculate that the dream may be a testament to the deceased's desire for a proper funeral and her determination to see her killers brought to justice.

The family of Clement Musonye was in mourning after learning that their devoted employee had been killed and her body had been buried in a field of maize near their home in Mukulusu, Shinyalu constituency.

Her disappearance kept the family in suspense and worry for days as they searched every inch of their farm and farmhouse as well as the entire village in vain.

But after Constance Musonye insisted that the deceased, Elizabeth Minayo, had told her in a dream that she had been buried on their farm, the riddle was finally solved.

Additionally, it is claimed that she told Constance in a dream that her killers came from the homestead.

"We notified the local assistant chief and police as soon as we learned that Mama Minayo had vanished on Wednesday, June 28.

Constance, a worker at the Kakamega Golf Hotel, described how a search party was organized and led to every nook of Shinyalu and its surroundings without yielding any results.

She stated that the deceased appeared to her in a dream on Saturday night and informed her that she was died and buried at their house in a field of maize.

Constance claims that she initially disregarded the dream because she doesn't subscribe to superstitions.

"However, she made a second appearance on Sunday night and demanded that we check the maize farm. I was compelled to tell my family and the local government as my conviction grew. We happened onto the small burial in our house at that point, she recalled.

Assistant Chief Julius Mukhala of Mukulusu said they were similarly astounded since despite searching the area of the complex, they had never found anything unusual on the farm.

"The family helped us form a huge search party which failed to find the late until Monday following information from Cony (Constance) that she had encountered her in a dream," he stated.

Constance's dream was backed by the assistant chief and village elders, who insisted that similar revelations were common in the past when the deceased communicated their wishes to their surviving kin through dreams.

We've all heard it said that the dead might be watching the living, after all. Or that our deceased ancestors can provide advice and knowledge to better our lives? Mukhaye joked.

Mukhala noted that many people held back the details of their dreams out of concern that they could be held accountable.

A form three student at a secondary school in the constituency and the grandson of Mzee Musonye were among the three suspects detained, according to Shinyalu police chief Bernard Ndege.

When the invesyigations are complete, he added, "We have three suspects in our custody who we intend to arraign in court any time this week."

Ndege claimed that because the three suspects had threatened the dead on numerous occasions, their investigations had focused on them.

They are well-known truants in the neighborhood, and their main vices include drug, alcohol, and gambling abuse.

They have consistently intimidated the woman, claiming that she prevents them from obtaining items at the house that they want to sell, he said.

Constance had been cleared by their investigations, he noted, though they might still need to get her to give a statement.

"I haven't come across any instances when the whereabouts of missing dead persons have been revealed, but I have heard about them.

Constance believed that the deceased's spirit was haunting her, even though we had given up on the hunt, the police chief said.

Nicholas Musonye, secretary-general of CECAFA, said that the terrible loss of the woman who had faithfully served his family for more than seven years had shattered his family.

"Mama Minayo was our devoted and trusted servant, therefore I'm still processing this awful event. Since most of us live elsewhere, she is the one who looks after the entire family house, he told the press.

"Over the years, cases of the deceased appearing to their loved ones or friends have occurred. For example, I've seen instances where individuals indicated their deceased friend or relative was somewhere, and when we went there, we discovered the bodies, according to Thomas Aseka, a retired chief from the region.

Following disruptions, some families are even compelled to exhume and rebury their relatives. A family was compelled to hold a bull-fighting competition a few weeks ago in order to placate the restless spirit of their father, which was torturing them and driving some of them insane. After the incident, they were immediately healed, he continued.