PREMIUM Dead serious: The funeral horns that refuse to die in Kisii Low-cost funeral broadcasts persist despite mobile phones and social media growth. Kisii 16 min ago

The first, between 10am and noon, informs residents that the family is heading to the Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital mortuary or another funeral home in Kisii to collect the body of a loved one.

But hearing someone’s name called through a horn speaker as the body makes its final journey home from Ogembo or Kisii Town carries meaning,” he says.

Inside are two hired announcers whose assignment is simple: to make announcements on the journey to the mortuary, then repeat them on the return trip as the body is brought home.