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    "id": 373872,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ahmed S.S.",
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        "legal_name": "Ahmed Shakeel Shabbir Ahmed",
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    "content": "Thank you hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I stand to support the Motion. I have been a Mayor of a City. I was the Chairman of the Local Authorities and Funds Accounts (LAFAC) Committee in the Tenth Parliament. One of the major problems that were coming to us was the issue of garbage sites. We were going to constituencies and a number of them would talk to the hon. Member of Parliament and local government officials. It became very clear that the issue of garbage cannot be solved at the local levels because there was the question of where to dump the garbage. Whenever they wanted to dump it somewhere, they would find that there is local opposition. The recommendation of the Committee was that we consider having a national body, some organization like NEMA, whose job will be to access and obtain sites, not only for garbage, but also for cemeteries. Those are the two problems that have bedeviled the local authorities and we feel that it is important that, much as the Motion is covering that issue, we need to nationalize it by way of a body. My proposal was that we look at how we can get a national body like NEMA to look at where to dump our garbage. Garbage is a major problem in all cities. Now that devolution is taking effect, we want to make sure that it is not politicized for whatever reasons. We must make sure that our cities are clean. The Mover of this Motion should consult the Leader of Majority Party and come with a Bill or a proposal for having a national body that can look after that issue and operate the garbage sites. Thank you very much."
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