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    "id": 1166004,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "We then cannot get different results from our counties or transform devolution with the same thinking of the first two series of the governors that we have had. This is an important Bill because one, it links us up with the Bill that was already passed on revenue sharing of local content on what is within a county. That which is found within the county, how it is identified and exploited. In Nairobi County, we have mining and people do not know this. If you go to Ruai, we have quarries there. There are a lot of stones, leave alone the Ndarugo belt that borders us from Kasarani. There are many quarries and a lot of mining being done here. However, what happens is that due to lack of a framework, whoever is elected Member of Parliament brings their youth to take over those quarries, then if somebody else is elected, they again bring their set of youth to take over. There is nothing beneficial there to the community apart from a select group of young people who at that point are dealing with that. Our garbage in Nairobi is a resource. There are countries that export garbage because of transformation of garbage to energy. We need to look at what we are collecting. A lot of it is biodegradable and can be used to produce plastics and light up the city. The City of Nairobi can be lit fully by the Dandora dumpsite. On Saturday, I was in Kayole dumpsite and I saw the potential there but no one is thinking creatively enough of how to bring out the economic aspect of that resource that we have. I think this is very welcome. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the other thing I have seen in this Bill that represents some potential or something to look at is the issue of regional blocs. I am not sure why there is no regional bloc that has considered Nairobi as a partner. You would have a very big advantage by having Nairobi as your partner in your regional bloc. I will give you a quick example - your counties have a regional bloc of central province. People should stop thinking of regional blocs as ethnic blocs. People should even stop thinking of regional economic blocs."
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