The preparations for Ole Ntimama’s burial continued today with the requiem mass held at All Saints Cathedral.
The late minister was eulogized as a man who fought for the rights of Maasai people.
His remains will be flown from Lee Funeral home for final ceremony, burial, in Narok County.
The ceremony will not be handled in a cultural way as the state has taken charge of the burial ceremony to ensure the former Cabinet Minister is given a state house send-off.
The late left behind a widow and six children.
Cord leader Raila Odinga and Internal Security Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery were among leaders who attended the function together with Mr Edward Lowassa, who was a presidential candidate in Tanzania’s last election
According to government spokesman Erick Kiraithe, the body of Mr Ntimama will then be transported from the Lee Funeral Home by road to Narok County on Wednesday for his final send-off.
On Monday, Maasai elders performed traditional rituals at his Motonyi home in Narok County to cleanse his family ahead of the burial.
The ceremony involved slaughtering a special bull, which was carried out by elders from his Ilnyangusi and Iseuri age groups, led by Mzee Lekwale Ole Sadera.
The burial process had been challenged last week by Mr George Kariuki Njoroge aka George Kariuki Ntimama, 60, who ignited a paternity test tussle, claiming that he was the late politician’s son.
Through lawyer Nicholas Njagi, he insisted that the politician was his biological father and he, therefore, wanted a DNA test done to ascertain the claim before he is buried.
Mr Njoroge said he wanted to actively participate in the burial proceedings but was apprehensive that he would face hostility.
However, Justice Joseph Onguto ruled that he was not sufficiently convinced that a DNA test necessitated a suspension of the September 14 burial preparations.