HOW KENYAN LEADERS DISRESPECT THE DEAD DURING BURIAL CEREMONIES
1.PODIUM FOR ABUSE.
Many of our leaders actually go to the funeral NOT to mourn the deceased but to exchange with other politicians simply because the funeral has brought people from different political orientation. some even use abusive words that are beyond their standards (words used are annoying and shameful ) making people to wonder if this are the leaders or hawkers at the market. Are they justifying their action? or are they trying to tell us that the late is happy with the tainting of his last journey. I kindly ask leaders and politicians in general with this kind of behaviors to stop because they are showing us how egocentric they are and this is not fair to the dead. A burial ceremony is a special occasion (sacred) and it is considered a taboo in our African traditions to showcase how good we are at abusing fellow leaders just to create a name for your self.
2. ARENA FOR POLITICS.
It is good when prominent leaders and politicians grace the last journey of the deceased, upon their arrival they are well humbled and they console the mourners in well mannered way proving their are chosen leaders. The problem arouses when given an opportunity to utter some words of consolation to the mourning audience. they will begin telling the audience of how ambitious they are, how powerful and how they plan to develop the area. They forget they are in a funeral and begin to describe their compatriots and how they are not performing in they field of work.They further tell us of how they are planning to do when elected they even tell the mourners their manifesto. for Heavens sake this is not apolitical arena but a sacred occasion, we are paying our last respect to the "late" not campaigning. Can this people draw their line and know where they are?
3.EMPTY SPEECHES.
Most of our politicians upon granted an opportunity to air out their views about the deceased they forget what they were supposed to tell the fellow mourners and they start telling the people of how they have not forgotten them ,that they are still together and yet no one asked them for this some even tell us how their sons were sick and they had spend a lot of money on their treatment. Really, is this important or is this just for their publicity stands? To us the mourners this are just empty speeches that are irrelevant and annoying. The only thing preventing us from stoning you is our humble respect the our beloved darted soul. Again this is not a podium to tell us about your private life rather a mourning and we are paying our last respect to the late. Is this how politicians pay their last homage to the late?
4.SOURCE OF DISTRACTION.
Some of this politician go to the funerals not to comfort the mourners but to show their presence, some even usually have ill motives of to distract the normal functioning of the ceremony. Their presence causes some excitement to the audience turning the calm audience into a hay wire. They arrive late and demand an opportunity to speak to the multitude and depart midway claiming they are really busy. Was is necessary for them to visit the mourners at the first place? A fter this it will take a lot of time before the calm is regained again.
1.PODIUM FOR ABUSE.
Many of our leaders actually go to the funeral NOT to mourn the deceased but to exchange with other politicians simply because the funeral has brought people from different political orientation. some even use abusive words that are beyond their standards (words used are annoying and shameful ) making people to wonder if this are the leaders or hawkers at the market. Are they justifying their action? or are they trying to tell us that the late is happy with the tainting of his last journey. I kindly ask leaders and politicians in general with this kind of behaviors to stop because they are showing us how egocentric they are and this is not fair to the dead. A burial ceremony is a special occasion (sacred) and it is considered a taboo in our African traditions to showcase how good we are at abusing fellow leaders just to create a name for your self.
2. ARENA FOR POLITICS.
It is good when prominent leaders and politicians grace the last journey of the deceased, upon their arrival they are well humbled and they console the mourners in well mannered way proving their are chosen leaders. The problem arouses when given an opportunity to utter some words of consolation to the mourning audience. they will begin telling the audience of how ambitious they are, how powerful and how they plan to develop the area. They forget they are in a funeral and begin to describe their compatriots and how they are not performing in they field of work.They further tell us of how they are planning to do when elected they even tell the mourners their manifesto. for Heavens sake this is not apolitical arena but a sacred occasion, we are paying our last respect to the "late" not campaigning. Can this people draw their line and know where they are?
3.EMPTY SPEECHES.
Most of our politicians upon granted an opportunity to air out their views about the deceased they forget what they were supposed to tell the fellow mourners and they start telling the people of how they have not forgotten them ,that they are still together and yet no one asked them for this some even tell us how their sons were sick and they had spend a lot of money on their treatment. Really, is this important or is this just for their publicity stands? To us the mourners this are just empty speeches that are irrelevant and annoying. The only thing preventing us from stoning you is our humble respect the our beloved darted soul. Again this is not a podium to tell us about your private life rather a mourning and we are paying our last respect to the late. Is this how politicians pay their last homage to the late?
4.SOURCE OF DISTRACTION.
Some of this politician go to the funerals not to comfort the mourners but to show their presence, some even usually have ill motives of to distract the normal functioning of the ceremony. Their presence causes some excitement to the audience turning the calm audience into a hay wire. They arrive late and demand an opportunity to speak to the multitude and depart midway claiming they are really busy. Was is necessary for them to visit the mourners at the first place? A fter this it will take a lot of time before the calm is regained again.
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