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    "id": 915439,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/915439/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ndhiwa, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Martin Owino",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Martin Peters Owino",
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    "content": "In this country, we are even struggling to collect our domestic garbage, heaps of it. So, as much as the safety part is put in place, how about the cultural issues of management of our systems in this country? Will we be able to handle the disposal of toxic waste which is likely to go into our waters, together with the liquid, solid or gas which will emanate from this? The point I am making is that if you move across the country and look at how domestic waste is managed, you will find that it is very serious. It is toxic to both marine and human life. Are we going to make sure it is done based on our management of waste? How about the leaks? All these have happened in other countries. That is why it is very controversial. There are many pros and cons. Sometimes, the reactors fail. Those are chunks and chunks of huge tanks put in wide lands. When they fail, you cannot remove them because they are unstable. If that happens, I have not seen clearly what we will do as a country as safety precautions. They are very toxic. We should also check how the cooling system with the cold and hot water is. How is that water system? That is what will allow pollution of our rivers or the surroundings. I am not a nuclear scientist but from the health point of view, we may run for it. However, the consequences might cost us even more. Uranium is mined. It is not renewable energy. Uranium mining and its upkeep calls for tight security. It is not easy. These are things that criminal groups like Al-Shabaab would like to use to make IEDs. All of us can remember Hiroshima. Even if we say it should be tight, how tight can it be, based on our culture as Kenyans in handling issues? So, all this should be put into place. I think an amendment can be done later. It is controversial globally, not just in Kenya. Other people have opted out of renewable energy. They are never there to touch the nuclear part of it because of the disadvantages we have highlighted; that is, pollution, terrorism and the difficult in handling the waste, especially handling of nuclear reactors when they fail. They do fail. Transporting them to another country will not be easy – no other country will accept any disposal of nuclear materials. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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