Chaos as Maseno Varsity students disrupt funeral in Kisii, leave mourners miffed

Chaos as Maseno Varsity students disrupt funeral in Kisii, leave mourners miffed
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A chaotic scene unfolded yesterday at a funeral at Rogongo village in Nyacheki Ward, Kisii County when Maseno University students staged theatre of the absurd as they mourned one of their own.

The trouble began when a drunken student defied the queue and seized the microphone sparking a heated exchange with the Master of Ceremony, which quickly escalated into a mayhem sending mourners running for cover.

The incident drew widespread condemnation from speakers at the funeral who urged students to show respect and decorum when attending funerals. Elder Joakim criticised the students’ behaviour , saying that it was unethical to cause chaos at a solemn occasion like a burial.

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Chaotic scene at the funeral attended by Maseno University students in Kisii/ Photo Enock Okong’o

“University students especially law students are ought to conduct themselves with decorum even when they are under pressure because their profession calls for social decency.” He said.

Mourners eulogized the late Joseph Kaiser Oganda as a respectful and obedient individual who grew up in the village with respect and excelled in his primary and secondary studies that enabled him to join Maseno University to study law.

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Pastor Gilbert Abere urged the youth to speak -up when in distress to friends, teachers or pastors rather than keeping them bottled and resorting to suicidal options.

“Don’t sit on your problems that finally overweigh you and end up take your own life. Share your problems with close friends in order to avoid danger.” He said.

It is alleged that the the deceased, a law student at Maseno University, died to self- poisoning at Menyinkwa shopping centre near Kisii town two weeks ago.

By Enock Okong’o.

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