The three-paragraph eulogy for businessman Tirus Maina Gikonyo, 39, who died alongside a woman in Titanic Dam, Juja, Kiambu County.
On January 17, Maina was having a good time with his secret lover in the dam away from the public eye, some 19 kilometers from his home in Thika town, Kiambu County, where his official family lives.
The three paragraphs were enshrined inside the four-page funeral program, which included two photos of the deceased. The burial took place on Friday at his ancestral home in Gumba village, Mukurwe-ini constituency, Nyeri County.
The ceremony was fraught with tension as rumors spread that the deceased had two wives, both of whom were present. However, neither the wives nor the children were mentioned during the burial ceremony.
The following was the eulogy:
CELEBRATING THE MAN WHO WAS LOVING AND CARING
The late Tirus Maina was born in February 1984 at Mukurweini, Nyeri County. He was the third-born son of the late Joseph Gikonyo and Madrin Wangui. He was a loving brother to Jedidah Wangari, the late Judy Wairimu, Michael Mbore, Joyce Wanjiru, and Isaiah Mwangi.
The late started his school at Kariara Primary and moved to Rutune Primary then Dedan Kimathi University.
The late Tirus relocated to Thika where he started working as an engineer in 2006 with different companies in and out of the country until his demise.
