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    "id": 405811,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. G.G. Kariuki",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Godfrey Gitahi Kariuki",
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    "content": "Thank you for that information, which I was not quite aware of. But if there is a law whose intention is to create rules and regulations to make the law operative; then that is what we should come here to demand. But if there are no rules and regulations which have been put in a place by the Government, it has to be done immediately; and, maybe, this way, this Motion will remind the Government that there is need for rules and regulations which make this law workable; because no law will work without the machinery to make it operate. Therefore, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I think this problem is so big that sometimes we pride ourselves all the time that Kenya is a very good country, but there are things that we do not look at. You cannot attract a visitor or an international investor to your country when the first things that he is going to see are the children collecting food from dumping areas. It is a very serious matter and it is displayed by the media. You will see the children trying to look for food from this takataka ; and yet we still believe that we are doing a very good job as Kenyans. I think there is something terribly wrong. For example, if I was in charge and then I see the kids running to look for food from these dumping areas, I think I would be very sorry. I would just cry like Mahatma Gandhi did when he saw children playing outside naked, and he knew that those were good future scientists, Senators and parliamentarians. But we see these children rotting and wasted; and none of us feels that it is a serious matter. Even in investment in terms of money, if I am sitting somewhere in New York and I want to invest money in Nakuru; if I send my technicians and health officers to find out whether that area is safe for investments, I will need to be told that the climate and the area is conducive to my investment. But when I am just told that even to find a passage in that place is a problem because of dumpsites, then I would think twice. I would go to another country where people are serious in terms of their health care. But in this case, I think it is important for the Senate – and I am a Member of the Committee on Implementation and I want to assure my friend that when this Motion is passed, we will follow it up and find out why the implementation or the making of regulations has been delayed. Therefore, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I think, again, it is a challenge to NEMA, and I hope this Motion had gone to NEMA before it came to this House. I think 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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