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Why being a mortician is not a job for the fainthearted

Petite Mukami, 32 works as a mortician in Murang'a county at Murirandra sub-county hospital. [Standard]

When Petite Mukami completed her undergraduate studies in accounting at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa, she envisioned her future in the thriving financial industry, at least for a start, and to appease her parents who had invested heavily in her education.

The dreams of calculating financial statements, balance sheets and developing financial reports in a lucrative company was all her parents had for her.

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