Form Three Student Who Passed On In Utumishi Inferno Is Laid To Rest In Kwale.
Written by Sharon Amanda on June 8, 2026
Zuhura Rama, one of the 16 learners who lost her life in the Utumishi Girls Academy dormitory fire, was laid to rest in Ukunda, Kwale County.
Contrary to the Islamic practice of burying the deceased within hours of death, the family had to wait for the DNA identification process to be completed in order to bury their kin.
In an emotional funeral ceremony, family, friends and community members gathered to bid Zuhura farewell.
The family’s spokesperson, Hamadi Mwapishi, revealed that Zuhura did not die from burns but from axphyxiation.
Her coffin, draped in colourful lesos, was carried to the gravesite where she was laid to rest.
After her body was lowered into the grave in keeping with Islamic practices, men held lesos above the open grave and gently waved them as a final rite.
The family further revealed that they are yet to receive the financial support promised by the government to facilitate the burial of their daughter.
