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    "id": 917197,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/917197/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo Jnr",
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    "content": "I went to Kibera through an organisation called Ufanisi. The people of Kibera recycle waste to produce gas which they use for cooking. Just like Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri said, we can use waste in Nairobi and many other places as something that is useful. I was in Berlin in 2015. The most amazing thing is that the lady who manages waste in Germany is a Kenyan, a Luo from Kisumu but we cannot manage waste in Nairobi. If we need the consultancy, it is there. The question of incinerators is serious. I have come across needles in Makueni County dumped next to where children play. I have also come across waste in rivers in Nairobi. The Senator for Wajir County is the Vice Chairperson of the Committee on Health. This is a devolved function and under the docket of the Committee on Health. This matter must be taken seriously. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I recall there was the issue of asbestos. Somebody went to Makueni County and dug a three-foot pit and started dumping asbestos there. The worst thing is that the people who were dumping them were not wearing protective gear. Human waste is not only segregated garbage. Where my daughter goes to school, they put papers in a different bin from bottles. There are simple little things that Members of the Committee on Health can do in interrogating the matter of Wajir. We can even come up with a Bill. We should demand that where there is a health facility, every county government must set up an incinerator and report how they dump both medical and any other waste. Like Sen. Wetangula was---"
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