He was buried on the same day at Lang'ata Cemetery. Before he was laid to rest, Nairobi Regional police commander Rashid Yakub himself who led the digging of the grave held the mattock to prepare a resting place for the late politician. A video shows him digging the hard ground while in his blue uniform. “Yusuf Haji who was appointed by President Uhuru Kenyatta to chair the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) task force was flown to Turkey for treatment in late 2020 but later returned to the country. “The long-time administrator served in the vast Rift Valley between 1970 and 1998. He was later nominated to Parliament in 2002.