Radio Jambo’s Ghost Mulee On Why He Wishes To Be Cremated After Death

Radio Jambo presenter Jacob Ghost Mulee has made it clear that he has already informed his family of his wishes when he dies.

Speaking to his co-presenter on the show Patanisho, Joseph Ogidi in a video, Ghost insisted that he would like his body to be cremated after his death.

Ghost revealed that he prefers his body to be cremated compared to being buried in the soil, as is customary with many communities in the country.

However, the funny presenter claimed that the elders of his Ukambani community warned him against the decision, but he still insisted that it was his wish and it remains as it is.

“Ghost Mulee, did you say you would like to be cremated if you die? If you die tomorrow, you want us to cremate you?” asked his fellow anchor, Gidi.

“Yes, that was my original plan. But the other day, when I went to Ukambani, the elders called me to a meeting and asked me, ‘Young man, do you want to be cremated? Have you become meat?’ and they told me ‘we have been hearing you on Gidi and Ghost saying you want to be cremated’... but I still haven’t changed my mind, in case I depart this world today, please cremate me yet,” Ghost said between laughs.

Ghost is not the first to make such a wish, which many are of late finding appealing compared to interring a body in soil.

Earlier in April, Classic 105 presenter Maina Kageni made a similar wish, saying that being buried in the sand is a waste of resources.

Maina made the comments following recent developments regarding Lang’ata Cemetery.

The Ministry of Health had recommended the immediate closure of the popular cemetery due to overcrowding, citing concerns about bodies being buried in shallow graves on top of others.

“Lang’ata Cemetery, which has long been a preferred burial site, was declared full more than 20 years ago,” Maina noted.

“I will be cremated when I die. It’s even in my will. The day after I die, I’ll be in Kariokor. I don’t even want a requiem mass,” Maina said on-air. “It’s time for us to move away from traditional burial practices. We need to let go of some of this ‘Africanness.’”

“It’s time we shifted our mindset about burials,” he added. “In a few years, there will be no land left in Kenya. And you can’t even sell private land that has graves on it.”