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    "id": 1278111,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mandera South, UDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Abdul Haro",
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    "content": "The Langata Cemetery is the largest cemetery in the country and serves the entire Nairobi and its constituencies. I know Muslims take most of their people who die in Nairobi to Langata Cemetery for burial. The question about overcrowding is key. I agree with the Member who said it is a bit pathetic when you go to bury your dead and you step on other graves of dead people. The question of decency and decent send-offs of our beloved ones is a question which is very dear to our hearts. This Motion is coming at a time when, as a country, and also as a city, we are dealing with increasing population. Although we have made a lot of gains in terms of health improvements of our people, we are also having an increase in mortality and, therefore, there is increasing as well as competing need for land use with burials being one of them. Therefore, we will need more land for burials, and as one Member put it earlier, land will not only be required for burying the dead and just digging the graves, but also for some parking space for the people who come to bury their loved ones and some sanitation facilities too. There is bigger demand for burial land in Nairobi and particularly in Langata which is the main burial site for the people who die in Nairobi. I support this Motion fully and once again thank Hon. Phelix Odiwuor for bringing this timely Motion."
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