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    "id": 854963,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "back to the people and they are able to pay back the county government. It is not rocket science and will not take 10 years to do. It can be done but with the proper framework. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the reason we have a lot of garbage in the city is because we are paying people to collect garbage but not paying them to clean the city or deliver that garbage. If you give me a contract today and you have divided Nairobi City County into lots, and that I am the one collecting garbage in Westlands, I will do so but dump it in Lang‟ata. Have you not paid me for collection? If the only way I will get money is that; once I have taken it to the dumpsite, the kilos of that garbage are what determines my pay and there is a weigh bridge and my truck is this tonnes coming in and out and the difference is the only way I am paid and I am not a retainer, I tell you private companies will fight for garbage. They will be seeing garbage and they will scramble to pick it up and you will have a clean city. We will have sorted out transport, garbage collection, our rivers will be clean and Nairobi River will be navigable and be able to provide without spending a shilling of public money. As we move along, I urge the Committee to help us look at this law with a finer toothcomb. We can even have a kamukunji like we did on the other Bills that came to the House. I think it was the Physical Planning Bill and the Energy and Petroleum Bill. That way, we can tighten those provisions and not to make it harder for counties to implement, but to ensure that we can truly reap the benefits of PPPs because the world over, that is now the new realm of development. That is where they are getting financing for projects. That way, Sen. Olekina does not have to go to South Africa to start measuring fences himself and say that this is the fence that I want for Mau Forest. It will be done within this context and you will have a proper fence to protect the Mau Forest. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we support but we hope you can provide for us as you have always done, in your true fashion, an opportunity as Senators to engage deeper with this Bill, tighten it and make sure that we can give Kenyans what they deserve. Thank you."
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