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    "content": "So, Nairobi County is suffering because those people from Murang’a County with their bananas, oranges and mangoes; and the people with potatoes from Nyandarua come to Nairobi County in the name of selling the vegetables. However, they leave the waste in Nairobi County and go back to Murang’a County. I think Nairobi County has simply said “the waste should follow you”. Therefore, we should get a place to properly dump this waste. Whereas we welcome this Petition, but the premise of the Petition must not be that the waste from Nairobi County cannot be dumped outside Nairobi. What must be looked at is this; was an EIA done? Is there land for that matter? Is dumping waste in that place the right thing to do? We cannot say that the waste cannot be dumped in Nairobi County but it can be dumped in Machakos County; or it cannot be dumped in Murang’a County, but it can be dumped in Kajiado County. Somehow and in some way, we must find a place to dump waste outside Nairobi County because there is no sufficient land to do so in Nairobi. Mr. Speaker, Sir, even as the Committee looks at this proposal, they must also look at modern technologically advanced methods that can help us deal with waste management, both the normal waste that we know and the pathogenic or medical waste in a manner that will not pollute our environment, the rivers, so that they cannot cause death and diseases, as Sen. Musuruve told us last time. This is because our lifestyles and the things that we dump in our country cause diseases such as cancer and others. Mr. Speaker, Sir, while I support this Petition, I want the Committee to look at it thoroughly from a more global perspective and not just whether or not it is Murang’a. Thank you."
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