Written by The Chairman of the ODM party and nominated member of Parliament, honorable John Mbadi has slammed the Luo community for giving much priorities to funerals as opposed to giving priority to the development in the region.
Honorable John Mbadi said that the main reason why the lake region is lagging behind is because of having misplaced priorities. The people in the region are channeling the money to the wrong direction.
Luos value their lifestyle and they have even modified funerals nowadays. There is always a convoy of very lavish vehicles, buffets and even very expensive clothes that are used during the burial days.
Honorable John Mbadi stated that the Luo community has deviated from the traditional ways of conducting the burials. In the past the coffin used to be lowered by ropes but such never happens because money is being used to hire the machine for lowering the coffin in the grave.
He also added that the hearse that used to be used for transporting the body of the deceased from the morgue, has been modified and some of them even have trolleys which are used to specifically carry the coffin independently.
He added that hiring such a hearse is very expensive and it has made the price of funeral to really sky rocket because some of the vehicles used as hearses are some of the expensive brands like the Range Rover.
He added that people have really prioritized funerals at the expense of development and they better turn to friends to help them in fundraising so as to finance the expensive funerals.
The former Suba South Member of Parliament conducted a survey in his constituency and according to the results that he got, a whooping amount of 8.6 million shillings and above is spent in Suba South Constituency alone each and every week on funerals alone.
He also added that it amounts to 34.4 million every month and 412 million every year. He even added that the saddest part is that amount of money is three times more than what the National government gives the constituency through the NG-CDF.