What you need to know about Fred Omondi's memorial and funeral

 

The late Comedian Fred Omondi

Comedian Fred Omondi will be buried on Saturday 29th June in Sega, Siaya County. His memorial was meant to happen on Thursday 27th June but was pushed to Friday morning 28th June.

The memorial service will happen at the Chapel inside Chiromo funeral parlour. The body will then be airlifted to Kisumu. It will then be transported by road to Siaya.

Last week, Milly Chebby, Terence Creative, and MP Jalang'o brought together a group of creatives to pay tribute to Omondi who was part of the comedy industry.

The show subbed 'Fred Omondi's Last Laugh' was attended by Churchill, MC Jessy, Oga Obinna, Dr Ofweneke, MC Tricky, Tom Daktari, DJ Shiti, and YY among other Kenyan comedians.

Speaking at the event, Eric Omondi who is Fred Omondi's elder brother said he had not come to terms with the passing of his brother.

“This week will be really tough, I’m exhausted but we’ll get through it. At least the committee is handling most of the arrangements for now. I’m heading to the village today. You know, back home there are trees, rivers… it’s like therapy, but it has been very tough this past week,” Eric said.

“You know, the truth is now hitting me that we’ve lost Fred, it’s hitting me now. Terence told me I would cry, right now I’m in denial, I’m in shock.

"And because of that, I feel overwhelmed and that’s why I don’t want to stay in Nairobi. I’ve decided to go home and stay there, I’ll return for the memorial service when we collect the body,” he added.

Fred Omondi died on June June 15th after a road accident.

by   QUEEN SEREM