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    "id": 1122867,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1122867/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kisii CWR, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Janet Ong’era",
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        "legal_name": "Janet Ongera",
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    "content": "particularly if they are factories, the waste that is generated should either be absorbed in the environment in a natural way or in an unnatural way. As a Member of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, I am aware we had made recommendations. One of them was that London Distillers Limited must come up with a plan to manage its waste. There is no reason to make us compromise on issues that deal with clean air particularly now when we are advocating for renewable energy. We need clean air for our people to breath. Nairobi is a city. We know that we are getting more waste from polluted air. In Mlolongo there are so many factories. While I commend the Chair of the Committee on Implementation in asking that this factory comes up with a way to stop the wastage, I expected them to insist that the factory deals with the wastage that is already there. There is clearly a very serious problem between the factory and the residents. However, I have not seen that plan. The problem in this country is that we come up with very good Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) plans but we never implement them. So, we keep on inhaling polluted air and drinking dirty water. We keep on having bad sanitation. We come to Parliament with great eloquence, speak so well yet fail to protect our citizens I feel that as a Member of the Committee on Environment, we have not achieved any end in resolving this matter of wastage management. I would have expected that we have a plan to close the factory until they come up with a proper way of managing their wastage. You heard Hon. Holufu say he has just come from COP26. There is now technology on how to manage waste in a non-natural way. There is technology that other factories have used. Why is it that we cannot use them here in Kenya? So, while I support this report, I want us Members of Parliament (MPs) to come up with clear resolutions on this issue of environmental assessment reports that are never put to use. There is the issue of how waste is managed by factories so that we can deal with key environmental functions. There is also the issue of supply of resources and how to generate and manage waste either in a natural or non- natural way. With that I support. Thank you"
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