"We know you are also mourning, we ask you to give the immediate family members time to also mourning, do so in a classy fashion," she added.

She also offered an apology for the stone-throwing incident that was witnessed when the former CS’s body made its way to Umiru village in Siaya county where mourners got impatient and forced their way into the compound.

"In Luo tradition, a wife has to open the gate for the mourners, but because they were impatient, it got rowdy, i'd like to apologise for the incident," Barbara explained.

Commotion ensued after mourners thronged the Magoha’s Umiru home when they accompanied his body on Friday and threw stones at police officers who were deployed to the home.

To avoid a stampede, the police eventually flung the gate open and allowed mourners to pour in.