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    "id": 1145037,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1145037/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
        "slug": "amos-kimunya"
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the Sustainable Waste Management Bill (National Assembly Bill No.22 of 2021) be now read a Second Time. This Bill seeks to introduce a legal framework for policy, coordination and oversight of waste management. It also seeks to provide for measures and actions necessary for waste management and to redefine the roles of the national and county governments as well as the roles of the private sector so that we avoid clashes that erupt in a situation that is full of ambiguity and without order. The Bill also provides for the establishment and management of material recovery facilities and for the duties of private sector entities that will be involved in waste management. They will know where to procure the necessary equipment, what they need to do and the incentives they will get for the production and importation of the necessary equipment for waste management. It also provides for financial matters, including allocation of fees for county government facilities involved in waste management. When talking about sustainable waste management, one needs to remember the stench that we used to experience on the way to the airport in Mombasa at Kibarani. It was an eyesore. If you did not have an air conditioner in your car and you had to open the windows, the stench was enough to choke you. Through innovative approaches that the county government, the national government and a few stakeholders put in place, the whole of the dumpsite has since been reclaimed and converted into a lovely park that people enjoy. You will see a lot of activities going on there. The stench is no more. These are the kinds of initiatives we are looking at in this Bill. Waste will be with us. As the population grows, waste can only grow but spaces available for treatment and disposal of waste are static. The only choice that we have is to come up with innovative ways of waste disposal."
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