Ugandan official: cane dead bodies as example to the living

I thought this is just beautiful. I'm looking for ways to incorporate it in my fiction:
Ugandans punish the dead, yes, the dead, I mean dead bodies in order to teach the living some lessons. This is cool. My Jesuit professor in Innsbruck used to say this: Ex Africa Semper Aliquid Novi.
Okay, read this and tell me why I shouldn't laugh off my dear head.
ENJOY!