Ugly words said at funerals
pic: istock “Can we kindly call the police,” said the pastor, cutting short a speaker, “you detail to them this murder case?” Crowd gets mum. The murmers that had developed as the speaker cursed those who killed her father went silent. The pastor asks the speakers to desist from unfounded accusations. At the back a man murmers, “if they claim he was killed, why are they burying in broad daylight? Why did they call for public fundraisers? Don’t Logooli traditions refuse? Many a funerals have we sat to listen to near-stupids speak. They will tend to plainly accuse someone, hide in mourning pain and lie that if you say it it will make you be free. Recently, in a shared video, a little rude girl spoke in a funeral accusing his rich uncle of being ‘able’ to uplift them yet he was not. She said how their aunt hates her and her siblings. Madness. Who lies to anyone that some people are in charge of their success? Should this not even be a secret feeling? How it comes to publi...