Martin Shikuku son of Onyondi had prepared for the day he was to join the ancestors.

So organized was the firebrand politician in life that he dug his own grave, bought a coffin, and arranged four bulls that would be slaughtered for mourners.

Perhaps in his life, he hoped that he would not bother anyone with the trouble of trying to figure out his exit to the ancestry or leave his family in a circus of giving him a decent burial.