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Fighting on graves of the dead: When burial ceremonies turn into battlefields

Kasipul MP Ong'ondo Were was addressing journalists at Kachieng village in his constituency (James Omoro, Standard).

Burial ceremonies are supposed to be solemn events where bereaved families are given time to pay their last respects to their loved ones.

But Kasipul MP Ong'ondo Were says funerals in his constituency had been turned into political battlefields.

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