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According to a source, village head Finias Chalisegera
refused to attend both the funeral wake and burial of his subject Barnabas
Mabhara saying he did not belong to his village. As a result, the source said,
he ordered the family to pay him two goats and two chickens for him to attend.
The incident which has become a topical issue among
community members happened last week on Thursday.
A brother to the deceased, Herbert, said mourners were left
shocked how a community leader could demand to be paid to attend a funeral.
“My younger brother and a relative got sick while they were
in Beitbridge. We went to fetch them. Unfortunately he (Barnabas) got seriously
ill and died last week on Wednesday and was buried on Friday. It’s shocking as
it defies logic because in our culture when a person dies we make a report to
the local leadership and that was done but we got the shock of our lives as our
very own village head told us that he would not attend because my younger
brother did not belong to his village.”
He added: “Everyone in the community knows that my younger
brother was born and raised here. He (Chalisegera) just came and stood outside
the gate and made his demand which we turned down as a family.”
Chalisegera said: “Who told you about that? That issue is
in the hands of headman Nyambiya and it would be wiser for you to contact him.”
Fanuel Mhike who is the secretary to headman Nyambiya
confirmed: “The incident happened and a family filed a report. I’m yet to meet
with headman Nyambiya for the way forward.” B Metro
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