{UAH} Ocen, Kipenji, Gook//Dead soldier's will bans vigil, hearse, crowds

Folks;

This is my kind of relative! He specified that there should be no tent, no fund-raising and no convoys accompanying his body. 

This soldier was aware of the burden that tradition and (adopted) culture impose on families of the dead. Can this happen in Uganda? We seem to be eternally attached to our departed relatives, holding prolonged mourning accompanied by elaborate, even lavish, feasting.

Pojim

Ex-soldier's will baffles mourners

				Ex-soldier's will baffles mourners No pitching tents. No fund-raising. No convoys. These are some of the things a retired military officer had asked his family not to do when preparing for his burial...
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