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Woman wants role in burial of MP’s son who died in US

Petronila Munyasa, 52, who claims to be the mother of 35-year-old US Marine Chris Atema (inset) who drowned in a pool in Arizona US. [Phillip Orwa, Standard]

The body of Ikolomani MP Bernard Shinali’s son Chris Atema will be flown home from the US tomorrow even as a woman claiming to be his mother asked to be included in burial arrangements.

The 35-year-old US marine drowned in a swimming pool in Arizona, US on July 26 as he tried to rescue a girl, his brother Robert Ayisti told The Standard.

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