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"content": "for me, just like Sen. Wetangula said. However, it did not go far. The intention remains the same. Just like Sen. Wetangula has said. there are opportunities for counties to advertise outdoors and make money; own source revenue. Therefore, this Bill attempts to find a uniform method of doing so. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not know whether this has happened in the new Committee, but we received a memorandum indicating that the various bodies have different charges for outdoor advertising on the highway; whether it is in Nakuru, Mombasa or Makueni. This Bill is an attempt to make sure that these charges are uniform. Recently, the City County Government of Nairobi had a dispute with the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) on outdoor advertising. This, once again, is supposed to demarcate areas where counties can advertise and make money. Similarly, the practice where Coca Cola or marketing companies advertises on their vehicles, for example, moving from Mombasa all the way to Nakuru, they will now be charged in every station or stop. That issue is addressed in this Bill. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the menace of billboards in Nairobi is something that we must deal with. There are certain billboards along Uhuru Highway that must be declared a menace and an offence of whatever nature; traffic or otherwise. At night, there are blaring lights from these billboards and they are an environmental disaster. In other countries, for example, in Europe, they do not do the sort of things that we see here in Nairobi. In Europe, you will see outdoor advertisings on buildings, for example, on the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC). That is not a good example because it is round. However, you would use that space in a digital format to advertise without necessarily making it a nuisance. The people who erect these billboards have put them in people‘s residences sometimes even without their consent. They sometimes even block electricity and, therefore, other than the idea of bringing in revenue for counties, county outdoor advertising will make sure that anybody who wants to advertise can do it. The second one, Mr. Speaker, Sir, is the environmental issue that has been brought about by the reckless erection of billboards all over the roads, highways, people‘s residences, et cetera . In some cases, these people do not even bother to ask the owners of these premises whether they can erect them. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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