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    "id": 1151869,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen (Dr.) Ali",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Dr. Ali Abdullahi Ibrahim",
        "slug": "ali-abdullahi-ibrahim"
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    "content": "Even organic waste can be used to generate that. That is a simple technology which can be used in households. The national Government failed to perform in this aspect for a long time. That is about 60 years. Now, county governments which are suffering due to lack of money are being asked to take over some functions. Money should follow functions, but county governments are mismanaging the little money they are given. By establishing other bodies with the hope of creating employment, we will cause more harm to the counties. Counties are not able to collect even little garbage within their county headquarters. Forget about the sub counties. Everywhere in this country, there is unnecessary garbage, which is mostly organic and some few plastics which can be recycled. E-waste is becoming a great hazard to this country as well but nothing is being done. What is the need of creating all these when the NEMA has failed? That is the question I would like to ask. There are many other organisations and Ministries which are supposed to handle this but have failed. How will county governments perform with no money when resources are not being released but the National Assembly is bringing this Bill here, when they are curtailing the money which is supposed to go to county governments? There is no increment in this financial year and you know what we have undergone before. The money is still the same like the one we allocated in the last County Allocation Revenue Bill. Nothing has changed because it is still Kshs370 billion but we want to add more functions to county governments. According to this Bill, it is stated that once it is passed and signed by the President, within one year, it should come into practice. As far as I am concerned, these are just write-ups which are not helpful. Whether my colleagues say this is the right time for this Bill and it is encouraging, as far as I am concerned, it is nothing. These are just papers which are being brought here but nothing happens because there is no implementation. When there is no implementation, what is the use of passing unnecessary laws which are not helpful to this country? In Clause 9, it is stated that county governments shall be responsible for implementing the devolved function of waste management and establishing the financial and operational conditions for the effective performance of this function. Where will that money come from? Clause 9(2) says – “The County Government shall ensure that county waste management is in conformity with this Act within a period of one year of the coming into operation of this Act.” All these things are just imaginations. Clause 9(3) says- “County Governments shall ensure the disposal of waste generated within the county is done within the county’s boundaries except where there is an agreed framework for inter-county transportation and disposal of waste” They cannot even do that. At times when you look at some of these issues, you realize that county councils were better."
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