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"content": "issue has been persistent for quite a while. We are just anticipating that this Motion might bring an end and some solution to the Dandora issue. Like my colleagues have said, it is not only in Dandora. In this country, most of the places are choking with waste that is supposed to be collected and disposed in an order way. For example, in Nakuru, we started something called polluter pay policy which provides that whatever you produce as waste, you pay for it so that it can be taken to the right place. That has really worked for Nakuru within the estates and the town itself. But unfortunately, after the collection, the problem starts with the disposal. There is a well organized system where we have involved all the community based organizations and some youth groups which come together to address that. They make money from the residents within the estates in Nakuru. One of the institutions that assisted Nakuru is the KWS which came in handy. They gave some talk on the best ways to improve waste management within Nakuru. At the end of the day, all that mess used to land at the Nakuru National Park. As hon. Kiptui was saying, when it rains, all the waste ended up at the Nakuru National Park. I remember one day when there was a very funny scenario where a warthog on its search for food along the fence, it tried to get some food from a four litre tin and the tin stuck on its head. It took the intervention of the KWS management to get it from that. We can have, as Gakuya has proposed, recycling plants within the Dandora area. I had an opportunity to visit South Africa on issues to do with waste management and they do not have dumpsites. They have a new technology called a land fiend(??) which is a solution to waste collection. After collecting all the waste, it is separated. Some of it goes to making electricity and others are used for construction like hon. Easter has said that her gate has been made from solid waste especially polythene papers. This is one of the best ways that we can deal with our waste. Unfortunately, NEMA has not been doing its work. Also, the residents have not been doing their work. We wanted to transfer the dumpsite in Nakuru to location somewhere along the Delamereâs Farm and Delamere had given us 50 acres to have a land field. But because we had to get an environmental impact assessment report, the residents there said that they did not want the plant there because it was going to bring the many side effects that are associated with dumpsites. The best managers of solid waste is ourselves. As you know, as a human being, we consume a lot of food and when it comes to take your waste, you know exactly where to take it yourself. So, if as a human being, you cannot just dump your waste anywhere, then it would only be proper for us to be a little bit concerned that whatever we produce as waste should be managed. I want to believe that a recycling plain in this region will be one of the ways to try and solve the solid waste management problem in the country. If you read, it has its side effects, but the few residents in that region, just like in my area, if you try to relocate them, there is resistance. I want to believe that waste is money that we can use. We can use this waste and earn a living out of it. I support the Motion. Like you have said in the past, urging the Government to do this and that is not the right way, but we need to come up with proper solutions and policies to address the issues, so that we can compel the Government to undertake these commitments. I support the Motion."
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