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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Marsabit County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Naomi Waqo",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for allowing me to add my voice to this important debate. This Motion has come at the right time. It has come at a time when, as a country, we are encountering a lot of challenges as a result of uncontrolled dumping of hazardous waste. Many times, when you visit different counties in our country, you hear of sicknesses that people do not know how they started, especially cancer which is taking many lives of Kenyans. Of late, in rural areas like where I come from, many people die of cancer and other diseases they cannot get medication for. All this happens as a result of dumping of hazardous waste within Africa. God has given us this opportunity. It is high time that Members stood up and said enough is enough. The Bamako Convention was first negotiated by 12 nations of OAU in Bamako. It came into force in 1998. Even though it was effected, many times waste management is not being taken care of, especially in small towns in Kenya. Our local waste management is not done in a good way. We have polluted our environment and destroyed the resources that God has given us. If we want to overcome this problem, we need to take care of our environment by stopping the current pollution and seeing how best to take care of our lands so that our environment can also take care of us. I like the idea of us planting a billion trees so that we can overcome some of those challenges. However, unless we put our efforts together and develop the passion to do so, we may not realise that dream. As a country, we have enough of the required policies, rules and regulations in place. However, there is no implementation. It is unfortunate that when it comes to implementation of policies, we do not give it any attention. Other nations come to our country, learn from us and go and implement our policies. They end up improving their environment because they are committed to what they want to do. Our country has suffered because we have not given any attention to taking care of our environment. We have invested a lot in our country to take care of our dumpsites. It is unfortunate that to-date, many people are suffering because of the diseases that are in the environment as a result of dumpsites that are not taken care of. If we want to revive our economy, social life and health sector, we must invest in our environment. With those few remarks, I support the Motion."
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