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    "id": 1278097,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1278097/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilifi South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ken Chonga",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this Motion by Hon. Jalang’o. Historically, we were told that some communities never used to bury their dead. They threw them in the bush to be eaten by wild animals. There are only two methods of burying the dead today the world over - cremating and burying as we do. The Nairobi City County is cosmopolitan. All communities live here. The only respect we give our departed souls is by burying them. Langata Cemetery was declared full in 2008. The Nairobi City Council was supposed to find an alternative site where people could be buried. Pathetically, up to today, we are trooping back to Langata Cemetery. Hon. Temporary Speaker, allow me to use the term “greed,” which is too much among our people, more so among our civil servants. Something should have been done if Langata Cemetery was declared full in 2008. It is on record that in 2010, almost US$13 million was released to purchase a piece of land to extend Langata Cemetery. It was alleged that 48 acres were brought. However, it came out clearly that it was a scam. It was only 10 acres that were procured. Over 38 acres where we could bury our people were taken away by greedy people. So much has been said. People will look at the issue of relocating Langata Cemetery to a different place. However, it must be understood that as long as a solution is not found, we shall keep punishing our dead ones. We do not bury people at Langata Cemetery because everybody wants to do so. Imagine the cost of transporting a body from here to Kilifi. It is honestly cheaper to bury the person at Langata Cemetery. We also bury people there because some do not have anywhere else to bury their people apart from there. We also do so because some people are homeless. Those are the reasons why we bury the dead there. The good, bad, and ugly are all buried at Langata Cemetery, and we do not have an alternative. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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