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    "id": 1151898,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1151898/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Shiyonga",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13181,
        "legal_name": "Masitsa Naomi Shiyonga",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Bill. The originator of this Bill had a good idea of waste management. However, Clauses 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 contradict this Bill. My colleagues have especially touched on the authorities that are supposed to provide analytical reports, county governments collecting and managing waste and the council creating jobs. Already, the Kenyan Government is constrained in terms of the budget. Even if you want to create jobs, let us look for a law that can create jobs that are sustainable and beneficial to Kenyans. Article 42 of the Kenyan Constitution, 2010 guarantees the right to clean and healthy environment. It includes the right to the environment and protection of the future generation. It is important that when we get such Bills, we scrutinise them carefully because some clauses contradict the whole thing. There is no essence of discussing and passing such a Bill here, when it will actually erode the gains made. Madam Deputy Speaker, sustainable waste management has been a challenge for both levels of Government. It is a challenge at the county government, where they say most responsibilities should go, through the Authority and the Council that they want the Cabinet Secretary (CS) and Principal Secretary (PS) to come up with. Looking at this piece of legislation, it is very important for us to check and completely delete such clauses. They are just adding more corruption avenues to the county government, which is already complaining about a constrained budget and the workload that it already has. At the national level, we do not have enough money to run the Government. I do not think this Bill will work with the current budgetary allocation for county governments. Increased level of production in agriculture and other sectors of the economy are usually accompanied by the resultant waste that is unsustainable. This is at a level where"
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