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    "id": 374272,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Macharia",
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        "legal_name": "Jacob Waweru Macharia",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Motion by hon. Gakuya that the dumping of waste at the Dandora dumpsite should be controlled. I lived near the dumpsite when I just graduated from college and I can report that at night, huge stench gets into the households. Most of the challenges that were happening in the estate that I was living, just a stone throw from the dumpsite, included respiratory diseases and other diseases especially in young children who played by the dumpsite. However, the issue of waste and solid waste management is not only concentrated in Dandora. Whereas Dandora is the case study that we have in Kenya where we have some of the biggest birds associated with dumpsites, we also have serious challenges in Molo Constituency. Currently, we have a factory called Timsales which at night releases fumes from electricity poles which get into the villages of Kasarani and Kapsita, where similar challenges like the ones in Dandora are being experienced. The residents get respiratory diseases. We also have a serious challenge in the disposal of dirty water from the same factory. The water is being consumed by the residents downstream and we are having serious cases of dysentery and stomach disorders. Also, we have a serious challenge in the control of solid waste in terms of polythene papers. I know this is a national challenge and the late Prof. Wangari Maathai had initiated a policy for our shopping outlets to be required to use biodegradable bags instead of the polythene bags, but we did not do well on that. We did not get far with that, but I believe that in every constituency, the management of solid waste is a huge challenge. The Mover of this Motion, hon. Gakuya, should move a Motion on the control of solid waste in terms of polythene papers. With those remarks, I support the Motion."
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