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    "id": 1444107,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Maanzo",
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        "legal_name": "Maanzo Daniel Kitonga",
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    "content": "There are others who even sell car accessories. They walk long distances and they save people's time who have no time to walk to the shops. These are the people who eventually grow into bigger shops, more settled, more organized and will even pay bigger levies to the counties. Subsequently, their spending power is enhanced and they are now able to grow their lifestyles. Therefore, a law like this at a time like this is important, so that everyone is accorded an opportunity. This particular law must protect these people and the people themselves must be responsible. That is why I am saying that when they are organized in cooperatives and saccos, is much better. It will ensure cleanliness, good planning and that some certain streets are preserved such that if you want to brush your shoe, you know you can do it at a certain interval. If you know a place you can buy cheap clean food on the streets such as a cup of tea, then you can visit those kiosks. There are many spaces even in the city of Nairobi. You can arrange these businesses in a clean environment. Also, make sure that we have a proper system of garbage collection. In many of the counties that you go to, you will find this garbage has spilled. They are supposed to be carried away and it is not clear where they are going to be dumped or processed. Garbage collection is a big business in many parts of the world. We need to come up with regulations whereby things like plastic bottles, glass bottles and organic materials can be put in their respective places. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if it is organic material, it should be in its place. It can even be used to process organic fertilizer. It is a sort of discipline and culture, which must be grown in the counties by educating the people. In the Regulations, you could come up with something that would make Kenyans more responsible, so that we can manage all that and also for the garbage to not be all over the place. We see lorries transporting garbage overloaded and they go on spewing more garbage on the streets. Who will collect that and who will ensure that the environment is clean? There are certain parts of the cities that have rats and such like venom that can transmit diseases. There must be a system of making sure that we have a natural system of dealing with rats and other things in our cities. Some people keep cats and there is a balance of some sort. The whole enterprise should run up to the smallest market and in every city. It should be well planned and get embraced by the people, county governments and the national Government. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this needs a big discussion. Most importantly, we must get things right as far as governance is concerned, from the counties and to the national Government, so as to make sure that these people are accorded the necessary opportunity to grow. An opportunity should be given to every child in the nation. Education is an equalizer. When people are educated, we will have more plumbers, people with business skills and with the knowledge of book-keeping, probably from locally available colleges, so that they also learn how to make business better. When we go to the businesses of these vendors, they will know how to organize themselves in order to get profits, save in SACCOs or banks and pay when they borrow so as to grow their businesses. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when we do that and with the proper climate in the country, where transportation is easy by reducing taxes of traders and petroleum, then it The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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