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    "id": 1122805,
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    "speaker_name": "Navakholo, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Emmanuel Wangwe",
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        "legal_name": "Emmanuel Wangwe",
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    "content": "Just as the Member for Mavoko has said, I want to weigh the two sides - employing Kenyans and, at the same time, keeping them healthy. The Select Committee on Implementation has been soft enough to allow London Distillers some time to breathe. Whether it is 60 days or six months, that is good enough. However, the Committee should live up to this leniency to again follow up so that we do not go down into issues of climate change which will affect our country. I live in Mavoko and Hon. Makau is my Member of Parliament. I feel happy when he can defend both life and industry. I feel that the issues that the Select Committee on Implementation has raised are important. The conference on environment has just ended in Glasgow. One of the issues that has come out is that of global warming. It is not just heavy industries. Even light industries like London Distillers can easily spark serious global warming. Therefore, it is important that the Committee really lives up to what it has recommended to make sure that we see a better environment in Kenya. I also want to mention our corporations which are entrusted with making sure that Kenyans are safe - that is NEMA and all other concerned agencies. Let NEMA live up to its word to conserve the environment and help Kenyans know that any establishment that comes up must be within the provisions of the laws on environment. On whether the factory or human settlement came first, it is very difficult to draw a line when it comes to the environment as to where the factory ends and where the human settlement begins. This is because issues of environment are airborne or in terms of land. Therefore, it is important that when you establish a factory, you should live up to the environmental conditions that come with it. Therefore, it is important that we push the London Distillers and the apartments in that direction. On the kind of lifestyle, even if you are putting up an industry, your manager needs to live a private life. A private life means living in an apartment or in proper housing. Therefore, it is important that those people co-exist. But where one wants to subdue the other, the hand of the Government is important. It should come in so that we support the co-existence of both human life and industrial investments. Otherwise, I am happy with the Report. I ask my colleagues to support the Select Committee on Implementation not only on this Report, but also on many other reports that it is coming up with to make sure that the decisions on the Floor of the House are implemented to the letter. I support the Motion."
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