A Ugandan official has suggested to MPs that funerals should be limited to Saturday afternoons to stop people taking time off work to attend them.
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Ms Kazibwe said each constituency should have a mortuary with a fridge that could preserve corpses.
She made the comments in a meeting with MPs on economic development.
"I get surprised whenever I hear of a politician who abandons office and attends a funeral," the New Vision newspaper quoted her as saying.
Burials were taking up lots of time as well as productive vehicles, she said.
(BBC)
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