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    "id": 51584,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "Thank you Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support this Motion. I would like to thank hon. Mbau for bringing this Motion. If you noticed, earlier today, we talked about issues of education. Now, we are talking about lifting the burden from people who want to bury their deceased. This speaks to the fact that the country is strained. People are not able to meet basic needs. This calls for a much broader action. This Motion is timely and relevant. But it means that the Government must have a comprehensive policy and law on social protection. That is why I want to acknowledge Dr. Laboso because she will bring a Private Member’s Bill on social protection that will help us alleviate some of the challenges we are facing in terms of basic needs. I know that the issue of burying our loved ones may not be considered as a basic need. However, we do that because of our culture and traditions. It is not really our culture. I have gone all over the world. Everybody and every community treat their loved ones with respect. At one point, when I was working at the CRADLE, we had an occasion of working with street children. I was shocked that, as a country, we do not think about what happens to a street child when he or she dies. We had information from the street children themselves that we do not take care of them when they are alive. When one of them is dead, they do not have the luxury of buying coffins, mourning or burying because they cannot raise enough money. I have listened to hon. Affey talk about how they bury Muslims, which is very good. However, can you imagine that street children carry their dead ones and throw them into the rivers? These are some of the things that we do not"
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