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    "id": 1569012,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1569012/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Buuri, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mugambi Rindikiri",
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    "content": "to be achieved. It needs to establish standards, including scope and coverage, the institutional framework, the method of financing, and the relationship between the county government and the national Government. It should also set out how monitoring, upon implementation, will be carried out and evaluated. The Chairman of the Committee has given us a generalised view of what the policy is, which lacks some information which is very key. This sector is not a preserve of the national Government. There is a need for inter-agency relationships. We need to conduct detailed public participation to gather views on what Kenyans would like to see in the policy. It is true that Sessional Paper No.7 of 2022 provided general guidelines. It is upon us to move to the second step and actualise it. I believe that is what the Committee is trying to do. However, we are not operating at the international level of what can be defined as best practice in sanitation. It is high time that more time was spent to come up with a clear policy which is acceptable. There are variations in the areas of implementation. We have cities, municipalities and market centres with very high populations. All these places require different levels of sanitation facilities. We need adequate financing embedded in the policy. It should entail the money to be spent on sanitation facilities so that it is not utilised for other purposes. After 60 years of Independence, Kenyans need to enjoy the best clean water. A majority of rivers in Nairobi are polluted. This is against the international standards for human existence. The national Government has been blamed for this matter, yet it is a preserve of the county government. Water is a devolved function. This policy must take cognisance of the fact that county governments have…"
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