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    "id": 374977,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/374977/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Bowen",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Kangongo Bowen",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, I rise to support this Motion on waste disposal. The City of Nairobi is choking with waste and garbage, not because this is a natural problem, but because it is a man-made problem. We have seen many companies and individuals in town disposing of waste in the streets of Nairobi and in areas not designated as dumpsites. Garbage has become a big menace in most towns; it is not Nairobi alone that is affected. This is rampant in areas that have no designated dumpsites. This problem will continue if we only speak and do not put measures in place to prevent the garbage problem. We know that a lot of people are called rich because they are given tenders for garbage collections. Unfortunately, at the end of the day even after being given millions of shillings they do not deliver. When you go round the city you still meet uncollected garbage. Again, Nairobi City should be cleaned; when you go to the estates, for example Kawangware and Dandora, you still meet a lot of garbage. This Motion has come at the right time. The Government ought to establish a recycling plant. We need to privatize garbage collection, so that we get professionals to come and establish a recycling plant. By so doing, employment for our young people will be created. Secondly, this will promote the existence of a healthy environment. There will be proper management of garbage in our city. As we think of privatizing this process, the Government and the counties need to come up with punitive measures to tackle the problem of garbage disposal. Those found dumping garbage anywhere should be punished. They should be penalized. The counties need to be compelled to--- At least in Nairobi we have a dumpsite in Dandora. In Eldoret you do not know where the dumpsite is. In other towns too there are no designated dumpsites. The best some of the counties have are small areas being used as dumpsites. Now that we are under a new constitutional dispensation, things need to change. The small areas designated as dumpsites are bound to expand with garbage. Establishing of a"
}