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    "id": 917168,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I will be brief as directed. The prayer by the petitioners is very interesting, when you listen to the challenges that residents of Wajir County have had to go through because of the challenge of refuse removal and waste management. If you follow keenly on the challenges that many county governments continue to face, you will realise that the issue of waste management is not unique to Wajir Town alone. Almost all county governments, without fail, have not been able to handle this menace. Part of it is because of the amount of investment that will be needed to have a proper refuse or waste management system in place, and also because of the cultural sensitivities. Let me use the example of Kisumu City, where Sen. Nyamunga comes from. Kisumu is a very beautiful City but not until you approach Moi Stadium, where there is a big eyesore and tonnes of waste that have been left lying around. I know the challenge that the previous Governor faced and which Gov. Nyong’o – having spoken to him recently – continues to face. The challenge is where to move this waste to. On many occasions – and I have seen this happen even in my county – when they try to relocate or establish a proper waste management site, the people protest and ask the Governor: “So you want to take development elsewhere and bring garbage into our village?” That tells you that this issue is not only technological but also cultural. In conclusion, this is what I propose for the Committee. In the last Senate we had a unique situation where about four or five counties that did not have county headquarters, apart from the sharable revenue that we divide across all the 47 counties, we set aside some amount of money for them to build their headquarters. Since this appears to be a unique challenge to all the 47 counties, could the Committee perhaps consider recommending that we pick at least two or three counties and set aside – as we do division of revenue – a significant amount of resources to ensure that we use these three or four counties as a modern example of how to properly manage waste? Then, the rest of the counties will be able to manage it well. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I support."
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