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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chanzu",
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        "legal_name": "Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to support this very important Motion, as amended. The amendment is quite in order because we have various existing laws in place. Unfortunately or fortunately, we have many pieces of legislation which, as my colleagues have alluded to, their implementation seems to be the problem. We have various agencies which can assist us to implement the laws, but it has become a problem. That is the reason why the amendment is quite in order – so that we can look at whatever exists, including the NACADA laws, and implement what we are talking about. Generally, waste disposal is a major problem in this country. Disposal of materials for alcoholic beverages is worse. People buy things like chips in paper bags. They go to supermarkets and buy crisps or other things and eat them. When you are driving, you see them dropping them on the roads. That is not very good for a country which is aspiring towards Vision 2030. In other countries, there are policemen all over the place who arrest car owners who dispose things carelessly to make sure that it is not repeated. It is important that we look at this in a much wider way. So, disposal should be a very important element that we should address. I remember sometimes back in this country when the Opposition was fighting to get rid of the Chiefs Act. Those of us who were here must have seen what had happened. Those who were in the Opposition at that time saw the consequences. I think that is what has rendered the Provincial Administration to appear to be lame ducks. The matter was even made worse by the new Constitution when some of us were campaigning and saying that we were going to get rid of the Provincial Administration, and which was not the case. The Constitution never said that we were going to get rid of the Provincial Administration. So, as leaders, we must know that we will be haunted by some of the actions that we take. The main proponents of the change that time are in the leadership of this Government and even Kibaki’s Government. You saw what happened. Women came out and went to the streets carrying twigs protesting that their husbands were not taking The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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