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    "id": 778687,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/778687/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Seneta",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mary Yiane Senata",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also congratulate the Senator for Murang’a County for bringing this important petition to this House. This is not only a problem in Murang’a or Nairobi counties, but also in all our urban areas, towns and shopping centres. We, as Senators, need to legislate on solid waste management in this country. It is a big a problem. Dumping waste everywhere causes conflict among communities. For example, we cannot allow Kajiado or Murang’a county to be the dumping site of waste from Nairobi County even if water comes from Murang’a County. It is unacceptable. We, as a country, need to think of a technological way of managing our waste. Currently, we have waste all over our counties. We need to designate specific areas as dumping sites where we can recycle the waste and make use of it. I urge the Senate Committee dealing with this petition to engage the Ministry and the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA). This NEMA has been sleeping on the job. Do they have the capacity to do their work? Do they have sound policy on waste management? The NEMA is failing this country in terms of waste management and health hazard measures."
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