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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Well guided, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I just want to quickly thank the Chairperson of the Committee on Health for that Statement on the environment. Indeed, environment and health are directly related. Sen. (Dr.) Mbito has mentioned very many places in Nairobi City. In fact, this event was led by the President last weekend. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I saw the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources. I think he is still making his way into the Chamber. Since the pandemic started, there has been a huge increase of people dumping effluent into our rivers in Nairobi. Residents have raised a number of complaints, which I have been able to forward to the Ministry and the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS). They include Kirichwa River, Kirichwa Ndogo, Kirichwa Kubwa, Mathare and Nairobi River. Many of these entities are now taking advantage of a slow down or a lull in inspectorate to dump these effluents, which is hurting many people in Nairobi. There is great discomfort and health hazards that come with such illegal dumping. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank Sen. (Dr.) Mbito for raising this. I want to impress upon the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources to kindly take this up, even before I seek a Statement to that effect. This is because these are unscrupulous traders, industries and some of our Government institutions, which I will not name until he brings his report. They are the ones who dump chemicals and solid wastes into our rivers in Nairobi. We want to put those people in The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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