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    "content": "because it looks like as a nation, we have failed. Probably, devolving this function will bring up some sort of competition between the 47 Governors, to see which county manages its waste in a better form. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, sewage is polluting our rivers. In this city solid waste is in all rivers. This waste goes all the way to Athi River and nobody seems to care. So, we need these regulations and policies. In addition, we need enforcement of these regulations and policies. Have we ever thought about the waste that is discharged into rivers by factories, yet we have laws against pollution of our rivers? Factories continue to pollute our rivers with impunity. Have we ever wondered where all those beach hotels at the coast take their waste? It is all dumped in the sea yet, again, we are all running to eat fish that is fed on the sewage from hotels. We do not seem to care. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to very strongly urge that we support this Motion and even go further and possibly develop a Bill that we will ensure that we enforce the management of waste. This is because it does not help when one day the Governor goes to Kibera and takes a broom to clean, and forgets about it. Someone made reference to the big effort of the late hon. Michuki – may the good Lord rest his soul in eternal peace – who went out of his way and cleaned Nairobi River. He made a tremendous effort and the river was cleaned but now, that river is back to square one. The late hon. Michuki cleaned and even went to the extent of planting trees along the river. Now, the trees are there, but the river has gone back to its original form. If we have policies and regulations, we will ensure that once a river is cleaned, it remains clean. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, my last call is to NEMA. Let it wake up and justify the public funds that it spends. It should ensure that those regulations which are there, at least, for now are implemented, so that the lives of people may be safeguarded. In a few years to come, we will start seeing cancer and other diseases affecting our people. They will come from the industrial waste that is being thrown into rivers, burnt and inhaled by people. Even as we put these regulations in place, I want to call upon the NEMA to know that they have a responsibility to ensure that the people of this country are kept in an environmentally clean area, so that we can justify its existence. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to support."
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