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    "content": "the urbanized areas of the counties do not grow up in concrete jungles. We have the opportunity, and I think we need to use it to ensure that we do it. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, waste management is also part of this environmental protection in making sure that our climate does not change negatively. Waste management is a big issue in Nairobi and it continues to be a big issue in urban areas in the counties’ urbanized centres. If you go to most counties, there is no discussion related to waste management. It is not there and nobody thinks about it. This is where the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources must create a policy of waste management where we say that using private-public partnerships, it is possible to manage waste in such a manner that not only do we manage the waste but we create power and recycle a lot of the waste that comes out of our houses. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, let the Ministry also develop policies towards this end. More importantly, let the policy say that an area of land with a gradient of more than 60 or 70 degrees must be forested. It will be the work of the county government to ensure that the area is forested. So, let us not engage in empty talk. Let those who have ambitions of becoming governors go and start this process. Let those who sit as governors, especially as they sit in Meru County, make a resolution that part of how we are going to protect the future generations will be proper management of our environment and hence, participate as a nation in ensuring positive climate change because the climate will change. The question is: Will it change to our detriment or will it create opportunities for us? We must ensure that the correct way to go is to ensure that we have positive climate change. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I, therefore, congratulate and support those who were involved in this mediation."
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