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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Elachi",
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        "legal_name": "Beatrice Elachi",
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    "content": "You will find that they are able to manage their waste. What we are faced with is how fast the counties will manage to deal with the cartels and to sit down in one room and agree that it is time we saw some sanity in the whole industry. Kenyans should be able to dump their waste responsibly because the plastic bags can still be used for something else. We mix all the waste in one lump. If you look at where the sewage waste of Embu is deposited, it is at a very open place. We even do not know how to recycle our water for other uses whereas there is technology to do that. In our country, whenever somebody starts something, they want to own it so that nobody else can venture into your turf. It has become like the matatu industry where if you want to get into a certain route, you have to pay some money before the matatu is allowed on that route. That is what is happening in waste collection. If you want to bring sanity in the waste collection industry, there are some people you must consult or else it will never arrive at the Dandora dumpsite. As much as we want to see things moving, the Government must find a way of dealing with the gangs that block this waste. We should deal with the blocked sewers in Nairobi and the other big towns. Mr. Speaker, Sir, one month ago we had a very good documentation on Citizen television on dumping sites. We saw women coming out and claiming that that is where they get their daily bread and that is why they were killing each other because one had refused to allow the other one to also scavenge. So, as Senate, we do not need to request the Government, but tell the Government that there is a problem and they should first deal with those gangs in this business. We should also appreciate that there is technology and we must use it to deal with waste and recycle our water so that it can be re-used. We saw how they do it so well in China. They are able to collect, recycle and redistribute the same water within a very small area. This is something we should really think about as Senate. We should give solutions to the Government. They should know how to manage NEMA. There is corruption that has entered into many institutions and it should be dealt with. The other day the Committee on Health, Labour and Social Welfare went to look at how waste is being deposited into our rivers and up to now, if you ask, we do not know what action was taken. Did NEMA make a follow up and close the sewers that were broken? We should bring a Bill so that this issue is also dealt with at the county level. I support."
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