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    "id": 1278087,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Alego Usonga, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Samuel Atandi",
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    "content": "The fact that Langata Cemetery is full has brought a lot of problems for some of us who come from very traditional families and who represent very traditional constituents. They believe you must carry a casket to Siaya, hold overnight prayers, feast, and bury the dead. It is costly to bury somebody today, especially if that person is Luo. You have to come up with an unnecessarily big budget. As leaders, we need to champion other cost-effective methods. I have told my family that if I die, I should be cremated. It will be very easy, and there will be no expenses. Whereas we urge the Nairobi County Government and the National Government to look for other pieces of land for burial sites, we need to pursue other methods of burying the dead. It will be very cheap for us. I do not know which option between burying or cremating is better for the environment. We need to find out through research. Scientists in this House should tell us the impact of the Langata Cemetery on the environment. I think it has some environmental impact on us. Should we find that those graves are environmental hazards, we may need to abandon them. Whereas I support the Motion presented by Hon. Jalang’o, we need to think outside the box and pursue other burial methods."
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