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    "id": 971547,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Zani",
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        "legal_name": "Agnes Zani",
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    "content": "without life. So, death becomes part and parcel of life and part and parcel of living. Death is a discussion that many Kenyans probably need to consider. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we are aware that in many families when somebody dies, there is a lot of dispute. You will hear cases whereby somebody has been buried and the family will have to exhume the body because the deceased was buried in the wrong piece of land or something went wrong somewhere along the line and it creates many of problems. We have seen families where the dead person is kept at the mortuary for two or more years because there is a dispute about where they should be buried, or a ceremony that should have happened. We have situations where bodies are left at the mortuary because the families cannot afford to bury them. Yesterday in the news, we are still cognizant of a case that was presented of a young boy who was buried, but not in the form of the body being taken to the grave; they had a symbolic burial because there is a huge bill that is yet to be settled at the hospital. Therefore, this Motion allows us to come to our own abilities to be able to really look at what happens within our day to day life and begin to think about the provision of cemeteries, funeral parlors and crematoriums. This Motion calls for this to happen in all the counties and actually calls upon the County annual Development Plans, 2020/2021 to factor in money that needs toward this specifically. Some counties have tried in the past to come up with ways and means of setting up crematoriums and specific cemeteries. Some have even moved forward to just do general planning of a particular place. I remember in 1990, I was involved in the digital planning of Mariakani Town in Kilifi County and these were some of the issues that we raised during that digital mapping process that we were doing. Basically, we went to different places within the county and we were allocating and saying, “This should be land for industrialization, this should be land for cemeteries.” Not all communities have available land and I know that there are places where culture will dictate where somebody will be buried. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I have heard very many people say that I would like to own a piece of land so that I will be buried there. People think about where and how they will be buried. Sometimes they are able to plan for this and sometimes they are not able to do so. In certain communities, specifically the Muslims, you will see a sense of organization in the way burials are presented. There is a specific pattern that is followed because of the Muslim religion and what it specifies. For example, when somebody dies just after 1.00 p.m. then the burial should take place immediately. In such communities, you will find that there are specific places for the burial to take place. This can either be within their homes or specific places set aside for the same. According to the Islamic religion, if there is no Muslim there, then another Muslim should be able to take over and conduct the burial rites."
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