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    "id": 612282,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/612282/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Isaack",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2069,
        "legal_name": "Shaaban Ali Isaack",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. This Motion before us is very important. The environment is a very important issue in our country. If we talk about waste management especially in our counties, it is very wanting. If you go to Mombasa which is a gateway to Kenya, the whole area is stinking as you enter the town because of poor management of our waste. It is important that waste management in all our counties is done properly. Land must be allocated to ensure that waste is properly disposed of otherwise we will have stinking towns everywhere in this country. You are aware of Dandora in Nairobi. Every county and town in this country has waste littered everywhere. There is poor management of our waste and unless we take this matter seriously, we will have dirty towns. Desertification is a real problem in this country. We continue to lose our forest and vegetation cover. Our rivers and streams, which hitherto were perennial, are no longer flowing because of the mismanagement of our natural resources. There have been many environmental policies which this House has passed since Independence. Somehow we have not managed our natural resources properly and in particular environmental management. The Sessional Paper before us today is very important and I support it. But at the end of the day, when we pass this Motion it is important that these policies are well effected and we ensure that we have better environmental policies in place. They must be implemented to the letter. With those few remarks, I support this Motion."
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