{UAH} Burial saga piting Tororo and Tooro

Folks;

The prison death of convicted lawyer, Robert Kasango, has created a dangerous storm in the confluence of tribal traditions and the English laws. 

His widow says the lawyer's wish was to be buried in Tooro, where they had built a home. His family says he must be buried in his ancentral home in West Budama, Tororo.

This afternoon, journalist Andrew Mwenda and MP Odoi Fox, for the two tribes, met with the two families to seek a solution to this standoff.

The case, of course, is a replay of the Kenyan case of the early 1980's that invloved lawyer, SM Otieno, a Luo, and his widow, Wambui Otieno, a Kikuyu. Otieno's clan, Omira Kager of Alego in Siaya District, contested  Wambui's plans to bury her hushand near Nairobi. The High Court ruled in the clan's favor, and SM Otieno was buried in Nyalgunga, in Siaya.

Mrs. Kasango should listen to the cries of her husband's family. 

An African man belongs to his clan and tribe. Our culture has always been maintained and fostered through patriarchal line, where sons inherit family land and customs. A girl is expected to marry away from home, and become part of her husband' family. Even cosmopolitan male Africans were transported back to their bucolic homes for burial. The married women are buried at their marital homes.

Mrs. Kasango will remain part of her husband's family, even if she chooses to remain in their house in Tooro. This burial dispute is not about conflicting traditions between our two tribes; it's about the interpretation of African traditions. 

Pojim

https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/widow-blames-kasango-s-death-on-judiciary-prisons-3310726