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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Unclaimed dead bodies in Mbarara and surrounding areas may soon be dumped in water bodies or rot along streets and bushes as the city runs without a cemetery.<\/b><\/p>\n

The former public graveyard in Rwobuyenje, Mbarara City South Division, where unclaimed bodies used to be buried was taken after the city council lost a court case over its ownership in October 2023.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital (MRRH) Executive Director Dr Celestine Barigye said \u201clack of a city mortuary is likely to turn into a crisis because soon there will be nowhere to bury.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no way a city can progress without places where to decently bury the dead. World over cemeteries should be preserved not only for the burial of unclaimed bodies but also for others who have nowhere to be buried,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n

MRRH spokesperson Halson Kagure said only a plot less than 50 by 100ft was left after the court order.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn average we get 20 unclaimed bodies a month- mainly from police, but the remaining land where we used to bury these bodies is less than 50 by 100 ft meaning soon there will be a crisis on where to bury these bodies,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mbarara City Council Speaker Bonny Tashobya also told that: \u201cIt\u2019s a crisis to that the whole city has no cemetery. As leaders, we need to find a quick solution.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Mbarara Clerk Assay Abireebe Tumwesigye revealed that the city has identified land for a temporary public burial site in Kenkombe, Kakoba, which is in the city\u2019s North Division.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor a meantime, we had agreed to temporarily bury unclaimed bodies in Kenkombe but we have identified land in Kanywa in Mbarara City North. We have finalized plans for its gazettement as a cemetery,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

City Mayor Robert Mugabe Kakyebezi decried local leaders who say they don\u2019t want the cemetery in their areas.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor some reasons, some councilors don\u2019t want cemeteries in their areas, it may be because of culture and some traditional beliefs but we will convince them because we can\u2019t live without cemeteries,\u201d Kakyebezi explained.<\/p>\n

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