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AJUOK: Culture, funerals and their place in Kenyan politics

Death has a way of bringing to life conversations of culture, wrapped in political garb.

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by COLLINS AJUOK

Big-read09 May 2024 - 13:19
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The body of General Francis Ogola arrives at Senator Obama K'Ogello Primary school for burial service on Sunday, April 21, 2024.

Every warm-blooded Luo man avers that no member of the community would issue instructions, or include such directions in his Will, that no food be served at his funeral. This discussion became even more heated after the burial of the Gen Francis Ogola, a couple of weeks ago.

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