A dead person is not asked for a shroud.
More Swahili Proverbs:
Gratitude of a donkey is a kick.Swahili
Have you changed into a cuttle-fish, you heap live embers on yourself?.
Swahili
When an oxhorn of a news man is sounded, something is wrong.
Swahili
God is our neighbour when our brother is absent.
Swahili
Borrowing is like a wedding, repaying is like mourning.
Swahili
Do not put a grass turban on my head.
Swahili