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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I wish the Chairperson to address the following issues:- (1) Whether there are enough migration boxes that are set to be installed for all people in this country? (2) What taxes are payable on these boxes? (3) Is it possible to set aside the taxes that have been imposed on these boxes? (4) Is there a county by county programme to educate Kenyans on the migration? Specifically, will the residents of Kiambu, Machakos and Kajiado counties, which border Nairobi County, be affected by this migration owing to their proximity to Nairobi County? If they will be affected, what steps have been taken by this Committee and the Ministry concerned to makes sure that Kenyans do not get inconvenienced, especially a few days to Christmas? POLLUTION OF ATHI, GALANA AND SABAKI RIVERS Madam Temporary Speaker, the second Statement I wish to seek is from the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Health, Labour and Social Welfare. The Statement is in regard to a recent alert which was issued by the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), cautioning residents against the use of water from Athi, Galana and Sabaki rivers for domestic and other uses. I am seeking this Statement given the fact that these rivers serve hundreds of thousands of Kenyans across this country. A few days ago, we visited Thika with a Committee of the Senate. We were appalled at what we saw. It has been confirmed by NEMA that the main sewer line from Nairobi that goes to Ruai has broken down and all the sewer is being diverted into these rivers. I would like the Committee to address the following:- (1) What particular steps have been taken to ensure that the people of this Republic have not been exposed to a health catastrophe arising from this event? (2) How will the alert that has been issued be enforced? (3) Lastly, because there are several public facilities, and I would like to cite the Fourteen Falls, where young school children go for sight- seeing, there is food which is cooked around there and farmers are using that water to grow crops. How is the alert being enforced to ensure that Kenyans do not become victims of that calamity?"
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