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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Oketch Gicheru",
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    "content": "I thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. There was a Statement requested by the Senator of Kisumu on viability, sustainability and safety of Ombeyi Dumpsite in Muhoroni Sub-County, Kisumu County. Mr. Speaker, Sir, many times you are very lenient and you allow us to discuss issues as a House and in the committees without your hands in them. I also know your leadership capability sometimes in convening meetings that we refer to as kamukunji in this House to discuss matters of national importance as well as matters that affect the House. This is a crisis Statement. Have you imagined how we deal with waste management in our counties? In Migori County where I come from, there is no dumpsite or any strategy for managing waste. There is no any infrastructure for managing waste where 1.2 million people are living. The kind of diseases that we see emerging in our counties today, including air pollution, consuming crops from sewerages and open defecation and the kind of lifestyle diseases that we face today, are because of lack of waste management. I want you to imagine our hospitals and all our health facilities. Think about the amount of clinical waste from health facilities. Have we ever thought about where clinical wastes go to? If there is clinical waste from any hospital in our counties, where does it go to? Mr. Speaker, Sir, even as you commit this particular Statement to the Committee on Health, I want to prick your conscience to convene this House to have a kamukunji . As a House, it is high time we discussed the issue of waste management in our counties and devised a strategy that calls upon our governors to invest in health matters, the same way we have dealt with the issue of pending bills in the counties. As we send money to the 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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