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    "content": "the issue today is not whether solid waste from Nairobi City County should be dumped anywhere. It is not whether it should be Murang’a, Kiambu, Thika or wherever. The issue is whether we should be dumping any waste at all. Calcutta in India is the largest city in the world in terms of population with 25 million people. However, it has no difficulty in managing its solid waste and does not look for landfills anywhere. The Committee that will look at this Petition should thoroughly interrogate Nairobi City County Government because it generates more than 2,500 or 3,500 tonnes of solid waste every day. It is important for the Committee to come up with a report that goes beyond the request of the distinguished Senator and recommends legislation that obligates every urban centre to have a waste management programme that is technologically acceptable. We can have incinerators and kilns that will burn down this waste after it has been sorted out to generate power. Mr. Speaker, Sir, some of the waste we are grumbling about is made up of recyclable and reusable materials. We need a proper system of separation and then burn down the waste to generate power. The by-product of the burning will also generate manure for farming. We visited a waste management site in Berlin City. The entire Berlin City with 9 million people have their management of waste on less than 20 acres. From there, you see high-voltage lines pumping power into the national grid. That is what we want to see so that we do not complain as Sen. Kang’ata is complaining. Mombasa has an eyesore, in Kisumu County, our former colleague Governor (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o is up in arms with everybody about the management of waste which is dumped next to a national stadium and many other places. Let this not be just a petition for the people of Murang’a County, but a petition that can be used as a prototype to give direction on how to manage waste technologically countrywide. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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