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    "content": "management that will also include air pollution. We have to relook at this Act and see what our industrial development and accurate town development require; and then amend it appropriately. So, as I support this Motion, it would be important to relook at amendments to the existing waste management laws. Today, waste is actually wealth. It is only that we do not know how to use our wealth properly. If you go to Europe, waste is a major producer of electricity. A lot of electricity is produced from the town waste. Fertilizer and paper are also produced out of waste. We shall recycle plastics to come up with new products that are even more expensive than the primary products. There is also employment that comes with this industrialization. What we are missing in Kenya is really to rethink on how to invest. One of the best places to invest in is waste management. If you look at how much waste we have in Mombasa, Kisumu and Nairobi, you wonder how much wealth we would create out of that. There are many industries that are ready to offer this technology. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in 2010, I visited Slovakia and these people are ready even now to establish in this country an industry on solid waste management for the purpose of production of electricity. I presented these views to the necessary offices. The late Michuki was really interested in this programme, but God forbid, he is no longer with us. I beseech the authorities that it is now time to pick up from where the late Michuki left and we begin looking at investing in waste management in this country. One month ago, we addressed the appalling situation in Nairobi where waste is directly discharged into our major rivers and, indeed, the Tana River through River Athi and the rest. If you go to the Fourteen Falls which is really a tourist attraction site, the stench that you find at that place is very appalling because raw waste is discharged directly into the river a few kilometres away. It is true that the Committee on Health, Labour and Social Welfare visited that place and made several recommendations. But then we have to blame the Nariobi Water and Sewarage Company and the Athi River Water Services for taking us for a ride in the management of waste from the central part of Nairobi. The important issue to look at is how much poison is being poured into these major rivers of this country. Athi River is a primary water source downstream for many communities from the former Eastern and Coast provinces. The question is: Who will take responsibility of the number of deaths of both animals and people that will occur as a result of this negligence? The primary idea is self-discipline even on waste management at the nuclear family level. How do you manage your waste even when you are driving to the Senate? How do you manage the papers that you read and discard in the car or the plastics from which you drink water along the road when you are driving to Mombasa? The responsibility of waste management does not only rest on the Government but it is something that has to be inbuilt into the systems of this country as a self-discipline issue. In Rwanda, if you are seen littering on the streets, you are arrested immediately and punished for that. In Kenya, apart from making noise with the City Council askaris, nothing else happens. What has happened in Nairobi where a lot of corruption is implanted into the waste management process is not forgivable. We will cut down on the cost of medical services if we manage our waste properly. We will cut down on diseases that are 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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