Leaked! Sharon Otieno's 2.3 million burial budget surface, family speaks out

Piece by: Caren Nyota
Lifestyle

Kenyans can be heartless. They will say anything without thinking about the consequences. Slain University student Sharon Otieno's family has been an easy target by trolls.

A copy of Sharon's burial budget has been doing rounds on social media leaving tongues wagging.

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Apparently, the family is asking for Sh2.3 million for her burial contrary to earlier reports that they wanted Sh1.1 so as to give their loved one a better send off.

Below is the leaked burial budget everyone is talking about:

BURIAL BUDGET FOR THE LATE SHARON OTIENO (LEAKED) – FINAL COPY

1.Mortuary Bill-130k

2.Hearse-78k

3.School buses(13)@30k=390k

4.Professional mourners (100pple) from Migori county @1k=100k And 2 from Ghana @100K

5.Big tents(50)-@4k=200k

6.Chairs(5000)@20=100k

7.Decor for 50 tents@3k=150k

8.Dressing 5000 chairs@60=300k

9. P.A system-100k

10.Dias-500k(KenTrack sounds)

11.Joyeng’o (10 guys)-@1k=10k

12.Jokuny bur(8guys)-@1k= 8k

13.Security(Men in black) (30 guys)@2k = 60k

14.Goats(30)@ 6k=180k

15.Sheep(10)@5k=50k

16.Hen (300)-@1k=300k

17.Fish-(china fish)-30 cartons@ 80k

18.Catering-200k from Mwanza, Tanzania

19.Family dressings(25 members)@4k=100k

20.Sharon’s Dressing@30k

21.Coffin@120k imported from England

22.Shopping @100k(lunch during burial)

23.Shopping for Arita(night vigil and after burial)@30k

24.Car hire(2 Cruisers V8 for Sharon’s parents) @25k

25.Contigencies-@100k

Total= Kshs 2,338,050 Million.

Sharon Otieno's family has come out to dismiss the rumours and the funeral committee chairman Elijah Opiyo said that the burial budget was Sh. 1.1 million. While addressing journalists in Homa Bay on Monday, he said that those were malicious people behind the exaggerated budget, who painted the family in a bad way.

Not so long ago, Sharon's mother, Melinda Auma became the talk of the town after she allegedly pleaded with the County government of Migori to give her ‘upkeep’ money since she was the ‘breadwinner’.

She later came out to diesel the rumours saying:

We do not want to be involved in any way with Migori county or any of its employees. We have not asked for any help from them. We know some of those producing and spreading such news are Obado’s people.

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 The late mother of three will be laid to rest on October 19. She was killed on September 5 and her body dumped in a forest.