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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Moiben, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Phylis Bartoo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Motion on the adoption of the Report of the Departmental Committee on Blue Economy, Water and Irrigation on the National Sanitation Management Policy. As my colleagues have said, I agree that the policy needs to go deeper to address other issues. This is a very important Motion because of what is happening in Kenya at the moment. Water management has been skewed towards water alone to the extent that water sanitation has been relegated. As we speak, water sanitation focuses only on the haves. It is the rich who can afford it. If you want to use a washroom in an urban area in Kenya, you will have to visit a luxurious hotel to find such a facility. However, for an ordinary Kenyan, he must part with some money to get such services. This is a nationwide problem. A case in point is my county, Uasin Gishu. You can imagine it is the county that houses Eldoret City, yet it does not have an effective sewer line. If a city like Nairobi, Kisumu, Nakuru, or Mombasa lacks an effective sewer line, how are small urban areas and rural areas fairing? This is a very tricky situation. Therefore, the policy should address the sewer issue and be cascaded from urban areas to rural areas throughout the entire country so that everyone benefits. Although the country has tried to actualise Article 43 of the Constitution on Economic and social rights in water sanitation, water is still a major problem in urban and rural areas. Water and cleanliness go hand in hand. You need water for a clean environment. We have concentrated on planting trees to green Kenya at the expense of waste management. People have come up with businesses of managing waste. For example, in our estates, we have companies that have taken up waste management, but they are very exploitative. They charge exorbitantly for waste collection and management. I hope that the National Sanitation Management Policy will address all issues, including the billing of waste management services. We should not have a policy that will end up exploiting the Kenyan nation. The business people in waste management should not overcharge. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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