Graves are dug for the dead, but the owner of this one is still alive. At the centre of his one-acre plot in Ongata Rongai, a grave lies open, its gravestone etched with an inscription that raises more questions than answers:
David ‘Cletus’ Kuria Mbote
Sunrise: June 22, 1972
Sunset: _____________
The absence of this final piece—the missing sunset date—has stirred a whirlwind of shock and bewilderment, not only within his village but across the entire, deeply traditional and conservative Christian region.
Cletus’s decision to dig his grave and erect a gravestone while still alive has baffled and fascinated everyone who knows him. It has divided relatives and friends down the middle: those who understand and support his decision, and those who oppose and condemn it. But it was not always this way.
In his youth, Cletus was the pride of the village. He was respected by elders, admired by his peers, and esteemed by parents who wished their children would emulate him. He embodied everything valued in a traditional upbringing—obedience, discipline, and steadfast faith. His parents, who raised him with a strict sense of right and wrong, seemed to have done everything right.
Something, however, changed along the way…..
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