• Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and his wife Margaret lay a wreath at the funeral for the nephew and his fiancee
Mbugua Mwangi and Rosemary Wahito would have walked down the aisle, celebrating consummation of their love, but that was not to be. Instead, friends and relatives were celebrating their lives in a moving and emotional funeral service.
• People carrying the casket of Mwangi and his fiancee Rosemary. Photo AFP
Mbugua Mwangi, nephew to President Uhuru Kenyatta and his fiancée, were shot dead by terrorists in the Westgate Mall attack as they shopped for wedding rings.
Smriti Vidraythi attended the funeral and reports that even in death, the two would not be separated.
See photos below:
• A picture of Mwangi
• A picture of Rosemary Wahito
• One of the telling effects of the terrorist attack: the parking lot at Westgate Mall, destroyed