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    "id": 1122810,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Saku, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ali Rasso",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Dido Ali Raso",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to remind my friend from Mavoko that whenever I stand on the Floor of the House, if there is insecurity in my place, I will talk about it. If there is negligence on the part of the Government in power, I will talk about it. You are lucky that, at least, you have some industries because this Government is looking after you. We must take issues of the environment very seriously. I was listening carefully to what Hon. Osotsi said on the issue of climate change and its effect on, not just this generation, but also many generations after this. Before a factory is set up at a place, there must be environmental impact assessment. It must be done. In any case, if this factory has preceded housing, then this factory must co-exist within that environment by making sure that the effluents that it discharges are done in a way that does not pollute the environment. I thank the Committee because they have given the company 60 days for them to have a certificate so that, within the shortest time possible, they are able to look after the environment. The idea of health and safety, a clean environment and the happiness index of the people who live in that area is so important. We are a generation that lives better than our fathers. We expect our children to live better than us. The quality of their life must be better. The idea of trying to balance lives and employment is neither here nor there. The companies must live within the means. They must leave clean environments to the extent that those factories should be closed down for a while until they meet certain standards and criteria that are set by the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA). Most of these things that we hear are because of corruption. Corruption is what is eating this country. We are saying, yes, these people are polluting the environment, but they are not polluting so much. What is so much when the lives of over 100,000 or 200,000 people who live in that area are at risk? Finally, with devolution, the county governments collect taxes and cess from those factories or industries. So, they have a bigger calling. The people who live in Mavoko or in any place like Muhoroni belong to those counties. They belong to those areas. So, the onus is on the county governments to make sure that their people live in clean environments. With those few remarks, I beg to support this Report."
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