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    "id": 10370,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/10370/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Munya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Konzolo Munyao",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Member is too eager to respond. I am not out of order. He is jumping the gun before I explain what I am talking about. The Bill is intended to control certain aspects of plastics that are called polythene. It is not intended to control or ban all plastics trade or use in East Africa. It is targeting polythenes that are harmful to the environment. The Ministries that are involved in Kenya are already in consultation to come up with a common position that we will take to EALA in Bujumbura. So far, we have not decided because we are still consulting on what position to take because we need to deal with harmful environmental aspects of polythenes, but at the same time, we do not want to also disrupt our industries that are involved in that sector. We want to come up with a compromise position that will lead to the protection of the environment, but at the same time, not hurt key industries in the country. We might eventually agree to put a certain limit to the level of the thin polythene papers that we can produce. We can allow the ones that are very harmful to the environment to be banned, but the ones that are not very harmful and can be re-cycled can still be produced. We are still working on a common position."
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