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    "content": "Madam temporary speaker, I have heard that the Governor of Uasin Gishu County has partnered with one of the development partners and countries to assist in buying an incinerator for Uasin Gishu County, so that it can deal with the question of burning pathogenic waste, among other kinds of waste, to ensure that Eldoret becomes a clean city. This will deal with places like Huruma and Langas which are almost becoming slums. This needs political goodwill and that is why governance and management is an important thing. The problem is that a governor, for example, Gov. Sonko, who has just been elected, will wait for the day he will be re-elected in 2022. So, he has to walk a tight rope between radical surgeries, to ensure that he solves the problem--- When Gov. Sonko assumed office everybody thought that he would chase all the hawkers, but it is the same hawkers who voted for him. So, there is a balance between what you promised the hawkers on how they will do business in the city and whether you will create an avenue or place where they will do business, and the days they can come and do business in town. On Sundays in many countries in the world, because there is no huge traffic, a street is designated. For example, Koinange Street, can be designated as the place where hawkers will sell their merchandise. The issue here is that without proper governance structures and political goodwill, you cannot solve the problems of urban areas and cities. My advice to Gov. Mandago, Gov. Joho and Gov. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o is that they must find a way of doing the right thing. For instance, Gov. Joho and Gov. Mandago have a very good opportunity since they are serving their second terms. They will not be asking to be governor in 2022. They need to use this opportunity to do something that they will be remembered for. People would remember that there was a governor who served for two terms and solved the problems of Eldoret in terms of congestion, slums and planning. The issue of kiosks in every corner blocking traffic or Tuk Tuks and motorbikes using all the roads and walkways must come to an end. That is why governance is the first thing. Do we have a governance structure in our counties that ensures that we shield the citizens from the expediencies of the politicians? For example, can we create the municipality of Eldoret, the person in charge of the municipality and give him the power to do the job, because the Urban Areas and City Act talks about it? Let them do the job that the politician would not have done; execute the mandate that is already given by the people through the constitution to ensure that those cities are attractive. Madam Temporary Speaker, we must change. If you go to Kisii it is supposed to be a city, but it is scattered all over. You do not know which part should be the city centre or where residents should be. There has to be planning, but it is the biggest problem in this country. That planning requires proper governance structures. It needs a county government and governance structure at the local level that will not be compromised. It is corruption that has made our cities to be what they are and those county governments must be ready, not to take bribes to give out a plot here or there or to give them to the wrong person to develop. Most of the drainage in Nairobi has been messed by houses that are constructed in wrong places; waterways and seasonal rivers. When it rains it blocks the water, causes The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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