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Funeral speeches that make corpses tremble in caskets

A casket during burial [Photo:Courtesy]

An odd thing happened at Sharon Otieno baby’s funeral. Joshua Okong’o, an uncle to the slain university student was stopped from speaking.

The microphone was snatched from him and he was chased away from the funeral mass for suggesting that Sharon be buried at the home of her estranged husband with whom they have children.

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