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"speaker_name": "Mr. Kajembe",
"speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Environment and Mineral Resources",
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"content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a)The total amount of money that has been used in the clean-up of Nairobi River in the 2008/2009 Financial Year is Kshs354,898,154. The activities involved in the exercise included excavation, stoppage of illegal discharges, tree planting, garbage collection, hardcore lining along selected parts of the river and relocation of information business premises away from riparian areas of the river. Mr. Speaker, Sir, a total of 8, 014 youths have been employed and or benefited from the clean-up exercise at the end of the last Financial Year, 2008/2009. The largest number of youths engaged came from Nairobi East District â 2,435, followed by Nairobi North District â 1,920. Others were Nairobi West District â 1,724, Westlands District â 1,307 and Kajiado North District â 578. They were paid a total of Kshs56, 144,400. (b) Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to confirm that my Ministry is taking measures to ensure that water bodies are free from pollutants, especially effluent from industries and sewerage in urban areas. They include:- (i)The enforcement of Environment Management and Coordination (Water Quality) Regulations, 2006. (ii)Regular inspection and monitoring to safeguard coordination of relevant lead agencies to ensure that they guard against further discharge of effluent/sewerage into the environment including water bodies. (iii)Rehabilitation of sewer line network in Nairobi area under the on-going Nairobi River Basin Rehabilitation Programme. Repairs in other parts of the country are being done by various lead agencies through facilitation of my Ministry which is working closely with the Ministry of Water and Irrigation to ensure that raw sewage does not flow into the countryâs water bodies and river systems."
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