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    "id": 1278095,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1278095/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dadaab, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Farah Maalim",
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    "content": "them shallow? Is it the county government, the national Government, or Kenyans? The families that will bury the dead there must be told that the graves have to be of a certain standard that has to be regulated. The regulations have to be reinforced. Some people want us to have a situation like something we witnessed when we introduced cremation. Hon. Atandi, as much as cremation appeals to you, it is in line with the faith of the Hindu Community. I do not think Muslims, Christians, and Jews can consider it because they follow Abrahamic faiths or moral theism. We have to bury our dead somewhere, and they must have graves. We should not see it very simplistically and say we close this place. We cannot do so. If I lose my relative tomorrow—which I do every other day— or my fellow religious men, where will I take them when the cemetery is closed? We cannot send them to our home areas because that is not part of our culture and faith. It is the directive of our faith that the body should be buried on the same day a person dies. As you live, you have a name - Farah, Awuor, Martha, John, or Joseph - but you cease to have a name when you die. You become a body that must be interred. In our case, it must be interred on the same day. It does not matter whether you come from Mandera or Germany. If I die in Germany, my body will not be brought home. I will be buried there. The same applies to Muslims all over the world. We cannot close the cemetery. Do we have a lot of land there, and is there encroachment by developers? Why was this allowed in the first place? Why were the developers allowed to encroach on the land set aside for the cemetery from colonial times? The county or national Government should create dignity by having standards and ensuring the cemetery land is protected. There should always be people moving around the cemetery to protect it. We do not have to reinvent the wheel. I agree that burying the dead in Kenya for my Christian brothers and sisters is expensive. We all sympathise and empathise when we see the problems that families suffer. A family that does not have the bare minimum of three meals…"
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