Resting Haven Cemetery Uganda

A private cemetery in Metropolitan Kampala, Uganda, East Africa. The first of its kind in Uganda.

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Resting Haven Cemetery has an array of burial services;

o Interment Services/Providing funeral services including grave finishing

o Cemetery maintenance and upkeep/Providing graveside committal services

o Memorial Garden supervision

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Our team is available for consultation and on-site visits to our Zirobwe facility or Kasangati office.

Contact us at [phone], [phone] or [email protected]

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Resting Haven Cemetery has an array of burial services;

o Interment Services/Providing funeral services including grave finishing

o Cemetery maintenance and upkeep/Providing graveside committal services

o Memorial Garden supervision

#uganda #kampala #wakiso #mukono #entebbe

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o Sale of graves, plots and other spaces o Selling funeral merchandise (e.g., caskets, flowers and obituary notices)

o Mausoleum and Columbarium operation

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Imitations and competitions are liable for making the funeral service business spread like wildfire. This is not to forget the promotional efforts of the funeral companies through advertising and publicity.

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All in all, the funeral service business is an entrepreneurship activity which reflects the
structural transformation of the society from low-income earners to middle-class income earners.

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It would therefore be easier to build a business case for health insurance and funeral coverage than for other types of insurance among low-income individuals.

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Regardless of their wealth, everybody has to deal with medical and funeral costs at some stage in their lives.

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Medical and funeral costs are the two main sources of unforeseen expenses.

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According to the Financial Sector Deepening FinScope Survey, burial societies were created by communities to address the difficulty that many Ugandans have in paying the large, one-off costs required for funerals.

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A burial society typically consists of members of a community who contribute a monthly fee. It is governed by a constitution and there are rules as to how many family members can be covered and how much can be paid out.

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Banks such as ABSA, Centenary through their Bancassurance have also introduced these types of service offerings with even some targeting the Ugandan diaspora community.

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Insurance companies in Uganda such as ICEA Lion, UAP, Liberty and Prudential have developed funeral cover packages which are tailor made for individuals, groups, SMEs and even families.

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It has been quoted that the costs of some funeral services are between 8 million-12 million UGX for upper-middle-class Ugandans and for the wealthy, it can go between 80 million-100 million UGX.

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People take long to congregate and therefore they ought to preserve the bodies of their loved ones in a funeral home. Community solidarity where people used to gather and light fire for weeks is slowly and gradually giving way.

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The emerging social and cultural diversity and the influx of foreign cultures and work ethics have done a lot to boost the funeral service business.

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Another factor is the human great affection between the living and the dead which compels the living to give a flamboyant send-off to their dear beloved dead ones. Funeral service companies have come up with a lot of innovations to fill that gap.

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Another significant factor is the cultural orientation of influential tribes in Uganda (Hima/Tutsi) who do not want to see dead bodies as per their culture.

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These are pastoralists who used to bury their dead in cow dung and leave the place as soon as possible for a more secure place. As fate would have it, they have now built permanent residencies and they use funeral service companies to bury for them there dead.

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One of the factors that have led to the growth of the funeral service business is the emergency of a sizeable middle class which looks at the service as a necessity despite some sections of the society calling it extravagance/show off.

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More and more families are opting for modern funeral services, citing convenience, professionalism, and dignity as key factors.

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However, changing attitudes and a growing middle class have led to an increased demand for modern funeral services.