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    "id": 1122853,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1122853/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mumias East, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Benjamin Washiali",
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        "legal_name": "Benjamin Jomo Washiali",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to also contribute on this Motion. I thank the Committee on Implementation though as my other colleagues have said, I equally have reservations on this Report. The cardinal responsibility of this House is to protect Kenyans and we have no any other explanation to that. Irrespective of who petitioned, whether there was one or none, it is the responsibility of this House to protect Kenyans and the environment. I happened to be a Member of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources when this Petition came before us. I really expected that the Members of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources to be in this House when we are debating this Report by the Committee on Implementation Report. The ones who are here, I heard them comment, like Hon. Hulufu and Hon. Kihara were Members of that Committee. They also happen to be Members of the Committee on Implementation. There could be an element of conflict of interest. We are seeing three bodies of Government fail: NEMA, The Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources and the Implementation Committee in that order. We are about to end the life of this House in the next six months. I do not know the fate of this Report and the people who are directly affected by this pollution."
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