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    "id": 1151823,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1151823/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Poghisio",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 202,
        "legal_name": "Samuel Losuron Poghisio",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that The Sustainable Waste Management Bill (National Assembly Bills No.22 of 2021) be read a Second Time. Waste can be managed to achieve economic and socio-environmental benefits. Kenya’s current waste disposal system is faced with many problems. These problems range from the cities failure to prioritize certain waste management to inadequate infrastructure. Several strategies have been put in place to address the issue of waste management, but they have not been successful. To address the problem, efforts put in have not been enough because there have been no institutional changes made. This proposed Sustainable Waste Management Bill seeks to attempt to correct some of the problems and cure some of the issues that have been plaguing the whole area of waste management. This Bill from the National Assembly was published on 12th May, 2021. It was passed in the National Assembly and referred to the Senate on 23rd February, 2022. In essence, the Bill seeks to establish the legal and institutional framework for sustainable management of waste and ensure the realization of the constitutional provision on the right to a clean and healthy environment. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in trying to address the waste management challenge in Kenya, this Bill is critical to delivering on Kenya’s constitutional right to a clean and healthy environment for all, advancing a circular economy to create green jobs and wealth from the waste sector and advancing the nation’s sustainable development goals."
}