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"content": "like NEMA; but you will only see NEMA emerging quickly when they are looking for funds. These include money taxed for you to build, and after that, nothing else. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think we need these agencies to go further than looking for money. All the industries in Nairobi City, in the neighbouring counties, in Kisumu and in all the other counties, we need to make sure that they have a programme for waste disposal. How do they dispose of their waste? Nowadays, there are better technologies of waste disposal that have been generated all over the world, but we have not adopted them in Kenya. I am saying this because many of our people are now suffering from floods and havoc caused by this waste. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, looking at also the compensation that we are talking about, funds should be set aside to ensure that the rivers are cleaned. They should also protect the source of the water. If Ndakaini Dam where we get our water here in Nairobi is not fully protected--- I wonder whether the people within Ndakaini and where the tributaries of the river come from are paid. When we pay for water here in Nairobi, do they also give back a percentage of the collection? In West Pokot where I come from, there is a huge investment put up by the Government called Turkwel Gorge Power Generation Plant. The water which is taken by the officers who stay in the camp is purely processed and the one which comes from the factory is emptied into the river. When you ask them what the local people living in Turkana County and West Pokot County drink, they say that they have survived and know how to take that water. They are right that they used to survive before the plant brought the problem. Now that they have introduced this problem, they should be given clean water or, at least, the water should be cleaned before it is emptied into the river to flow. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, now that we have gone the county way, some of the counties are enjoying water from Mt. Kenya. If you want water to be clean, you have to see how the counties that give you the water, in future, are also encouraged and properly compensated to continue protecting the rivers. Similarly, in Cherangany Hills where I come from, we want to make sure that the people of Budalangi have fewer floods. There is River Sabwani in Trans Nzoia and other rivers that emanate from Kapenguria. We need to make sure that the trees are planted. Yesterday, our Governor and the County Commissioner had to go and arrest people who were cutting down trees in the forest, which is a water tower. When they were arrested, they said that the approval came from the national office. There is a contractor who is harvesting trees. Trees which are found in a catchment area are not supposed to be harvested. They are supposed to grow old. Therefore, saying that they need to be harvested because they are now mature should not arise because that is not a plantation for sale. It is a purely protected area. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Motion has come at a time that we need complete responsibility to be taken by our people on the ground, who include the governors. The national Government also needs to engage the relevant department so that we get reports twice a year, just to explain to us what they are doing. This should include our small rivers that are found in the coffee and tea growing areas. I come from an area where the livelihood mainly depends on cattle. If water is polluted, the cows will just drink it because they cannot talk. The Maasai have migrated with their cows from Athi River towards Mt. Kilimanjaro area because the animals no longer grow because of consuming this water which has a lot of pollutants. We end up eating and enjoying the meat on our The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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