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    "id": 1569019,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Matungu, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Nabulindo",
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    "content": "support it. The National Sanitation Management Policy is long overdue and should have been enacted in this country almost 30 years ago. It is a shame that 50-plus years after Independence, we still have polluted rivers and lakes as a country, and we lack an elaborate system to manage our waste disposal. First, I would like to thank the Chair who moved this Motion today so that we have the National Sanitation Management Policy in place. Unfortunately, as I listened to the Mover, I did not get the real facts on how we will have a Sanitation Management Policy in rural areas. I represent a rural constituency. The policy has majorly concentrated on how to manage sanitation in urban areas, whereas the majority of Kenyans live in rural areas. Rural areas is where many families call home and they do not have anywhere else to go. As we speak, many families do not have access to water, a compost pit, or a toilet. Therefore, there is need for the National Sanitation Management Policy to take into consideration how we will handle sanitation issues in the rural areas where the majority of voters in this country live. We still have many people who lack access to toilets in rural areas. As one Member said, they make use of bush toilets. Unfortunately, nowadays, we do not have many bushes because of the increase in population and the construction of houses everywhere. They have now resorted to using flying toilets. Flying toilets are no longer just a preserve of the urban slums. They are also being used in the rural areas. There is gross mismanagement of sanitation in water bodies, such as rivers and lakes in rural areas. People bathe in rivers. One person could be bathing upstream while others draw water and wash their utensils and clothes downstream in the same river. This negatively impacts the sanitation of these water bodies because people use the same water for drinking and cooking. Therefore, there is a need for us to consider rural areas when making policies so that we do not look like..."
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