Professional mourners demand licenses.

In this generation everything goes. Even what looks odd or out of place still some people just capitalize on the extreme to earn their living.

Death was the most saddest thing in the entire universe. The pain of losing a loved one was unbearable, those who were bereaved needed comfort.

But everything is changing right now.

Professional mourners are becoming more popular throughout the world.

The practice is exactly what it sounds like: hiring actors to come to a funeral and pretend to care.

Many will argue that it is wrong to profit from funerals and people who are grieving and it can also seem distasteful to trick other attendees and family members by ‘manufacturing’ emotions at a funeral.

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The professional mourners said that their charges are at Ksh. 1000 per session and their package has a total of three three sessions.

The charges are also dependent on how many professional mourners the family of the bereaved are willing to hire which takes the cost as high as Ksh.10,000.

With the business growing bigger and demands getting higher, the professional mourners have recruited other youth for efficiency attributing it to lack of employment and crowded job market.

They have however embraced this new venture saying that it’s competition free.

In as much as tradition would judge them harshly, these professional mourners argue that modernity was bypassing some of the traditions and believed that soon the society will embrace their new method of mourning.

Even though they have no emotional attachment, they believe they are doing their best for their clients.

They are now urging the government to consider licensing them and recognizing them as professionals in their field, saying that this is an honest way of making a decent living.

Do you think it is a legal hustle?

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