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    "id": 1144090,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1144090/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Emurua Dikirr",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kipyegon Ng’eno",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I too wish to support the Petitioners on this idea of dams and projects which are causing environmental degradation in our areas. When we are doing many projects in this country, there is always an environmental assessment which is done by National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) which approves whether the project should proceed and if it proceeds, what regulations the contractors should follow so that they do not degrade the environment. I say this because there is a project around the area where I come from which I visited – Itare Dam – that has a lot of environmental degradation. Most of the people who live around there have been hospitalised because of the products from drilling of that dam. Therefore, whenever we are doing any construction like dams or other major projects, NEMA themselves should give the contractors conditions. If these conditions are not met, NEMA or the people who live in those areas should sue the contractors. There should be a way where NEMA themselves can deal with those projects rather than leaving it to the ordinary wananchi . Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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