Why Rita Tinina's girlfriends opted for a Range Rover hearse for her final journey

The decision to carry Tinina's body in a black Range Rover hearse came on a request from her girlfriends.

During her requiem mass on Monday, NTV senior reporter Duncan Khaemba revealed that Tinina and her girlfriends were supposed to go for a road trip to celebrate her 46th birthday, which would have been on Thursday.

Unfortunately, those plans fell through due to Rita’s demise, so her girlfriends opted to honour her by having her casket transported in a Range Rover hearse.

“Rita and her girlfriends had planned a road trip in a Range Rover. The forefronts being Judy, Qz, Njambi, and Njeri, have asked the family to fulfil that end of the bargain, so they hired a Range Rover Hearse to have that final road trip with Rita. Unfortunately, it will be from the morgue to her home in Narok,” Khaemba stated.

The black Range Rover hearse can be seen in a motorcade, covered with V-shaped flowers in the front and its wings lifted, displaying Rita’s casket.

However, there was later an apparent switch of cars due to undisclosed reasons.

Tinina's final sendoff will be attended by family, friends, political leaders, national government representatives, and colleagues from various media houses.

Tinina was found dead in her house in Nairobi’s Kileleshwa area on March 17. 

An autopsy report revealed she died of severe pneumonia.

She is survived by her 8-year-old daughter.