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    "id": 917189,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/917189/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
        "slug": "samson-ongeri"
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, right here in Nairobi, the amount of solid waste which is deposited in Dadora can generate enormous megawatts of energy apart from enormous tones of fertilizer to help this country move forward. In my little town of Kisii, unfortunately, waste management is in the backyard of a hospital. When you talk of health and sanitation and you find large amounts of solid waste within that region, it creates a sad story. In Wajir, it is even more interestingly. I had an occasion to work there. In the rubble of solid waste, there are expired or unexpired drugs and some other weaponry that were deposited or disposed there and therefore pose a dangerous effort for them to sort them out. So, what is the solution or proposal in this Petition? The time has come for us to use the new urban agenda which clearly spells out how towns and urban centres need to be run and how to segregate the waste for energy, water purification and many other purposes. In other words, waste is turned into resources rather than turning waste into waste. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, at this rate, this country runs the risk of being turned into a village full of inhabitants, with waste poorly disposed all over the place. For example, in Abuja and other places, people go towards the roundabout and find it convenient to dispose their disposals. I support this Petition. When it is prosecuted by the Committee, we shall be ready to give it new ideas and impetus to move forward to a better solution."
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