Row over Hon. Okoth’s death shows why we need privacy laws

His death has been subject of discussion in several fora. From would be friends who controversially eulogised him, to his own wishes to be cremated, to polemical community reactions from Kabondo.
Ken did not deserve any of these shenanigans especially after he boldly announced that he had cancer. Interestingly, only a few of the mourning loudmouths sought to see him in the hour he needed love.
Funerals are supposed to be great occasions for family, friends and relatives to celebrate the diseased. That is why we often say that we give the dead the funeral befitting their stature.