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"content": "proper disposal facilities. I know that this Motion actually tackles it. I really hope that such facilities will come up first before buildings are put up. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, having said that, it is important to note that this is also an issue to do with culture and our norms and values. If we cannot value a clean environment even as the citizens of this country, what do we really value? When we dump wrappers and used tissue papers, it says a lot about us, as a people. In Nairobi City, for example, bins were put all over and the best we could do was to steal them or just drop waste next to them. So, I think that it also comes to our culture. When you pollute a river which you know at the end of the day will be used by somebody else downstream, it is something that touches on our values and culture. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I like what Sen.(Dr.) Machage has said, that we are not short of laws in this country. We have an Act on waste management. Maybe what we need to do is to improve it. But most importantly, we need to even look at ourselves inwardly. We keep referring to the late hon. Michuki every other time when we speak. Is it just enough to keep referring to somebody or the best that we can do is emulate him? How come when he was in charge of the Ministry of Transport, the level of accidents went down? When he served in the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, the river and city were cleaner. We keep referring to him every other time we speak, but we do not really emulate what he did when he was in that position. So, I really hope that the responsible Ministry and also our county governments will emulate him, to ensure that they actually implement some of the Motions that we pass here. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, on waste management, it is also important to note, as my colleague said, that we can actually recycle. Kenya is among the first countries which started experimenting on renewable energy. I do not know what happened in-between or where we lost the plot. But I think that it is something that we need to think about. Sometimes I wonder when I hear that we are very interested in nuclear energy as a country. If we cannot dispose just the normal waste that we have in our country, I do not know how we will be able to manage and dispose the waste that comes with nuclear energy. That is something that we need to think about. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is important to also include the counties because I remember that in the past years, there were towns in this country which were always rated the cleanest. Nakuru Town was one of them. You would go there and see that it was very clean. If you go there now, you will be shocked. I do not know what happened. I hope that matters of cleanliness will be one area that counties will want to compete in. This will include conservation of the environment and ensuring that the forests are protected and started. We will like to see which counties will uphold that cleanliness. There were smoking zones that were set up, but in some places, they are no longer being utilized. So, this still boils down to what I said earlier on about culture and sometimes, forgetting that you are also endangered when you actually do not take care of the environment. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in pastoral areas, there is open defecation and when it rains, it goes down to the rivers and streams. Sometimes it is cultural and also a number of other issues. I know that the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation in the past Government had really tried to address this issue. I know that the Ministry will also consider putting up pit latrines in the rural areas. I always also get fascinated about how 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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