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    "id": 763969,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/763969/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Rev) Waqo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Naomi Jilo Waqo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I stand to support this Motion and congratulate Sen. Susan Kihika for bringing it to our attention because waste management is affecting all of us. Thank you for doing this on our behalf. We all represent different counties and we know the effect of this waste on our different counties in terms of human beings and livestock of the pastoralist communities. I remember the polythene paper from my early childhood when we used to lose a lot of cattle to it. Once you slaughter them, you will find that what killed them was not any other disease, but the polythene paper. This waste has affected us and made the pastoralist community poorer. I want to support this Motion because Kenya’s population is growing very fast. For example, we know that about 70 per cent to 75 per cent of Kenyans are between 30 – 35 years of age. You can imagine in the next few years the number of children who will be born and the growth of this population. That means that we will all be affected and our grandchildren will be negatively affected by this. I support this Motion because of the negative effect garbage has on our society. If we want to help our society today and prepare them for the future, the best we can do is to encourage the Ministry concerned to take this into consideration and all the counties to take this seriously so that we can change our environment. If you visit any home today and see a compound that is not well kept, we tend to blame the mother. We say: “Look at this woman, she is not even able to take care of her family.” You can imagine the suffering the children go through because of sickness and the different diseases that they keep on catching. If you visit some parts of Kenya like Mombasa, you would not want to drive through the town. In Eastleigh, you would not want to visit it again. The case is the same in some parts of our Capital City. The first time I visited Kibra, I was not able to eat for two days. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the best gift that we can give as Senators today is to pass this Motion and support it as much as we can so that we can create a better environment for the generation that will come after us. I support this Motion."
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