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    "id": 1145068,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Navakholo, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Emmanuel Wangwe",
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        "legal_name": "Emmanuel Wangwe",
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    "content": "Had this law been there before, the case that the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources was following up until it brought a Report to this House – the Committee on Implementation was following up on the same Report – would not have arisen. However, we are happy with this Bill. If it is passed, the issue that was a challenge in that Report will be resolved. It will become law which will be enforced. This Bill is also looking at a private sector entity which fails to comply with the proposed provisions. They shall have committed an offence and upon conviction shall be liable to a fine of not more than Kshs200,000. We are now setting the parameters and the punishment thereon. In addition to the fine imposed on the entity, they shall also be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months. This is a fair punishment which will ensure that the private sector complies with the law. It will ensure that no person will hinder NEMA from performing its functions. Kenya is a country where the rich are enclosed behind their gates and they build high walls so that institutions such as NEMA cannot access and see what is happening in their factories. We are now allowing NEMA to fine you if they come to your gate and you do not open it. We are also saying that a person who obstructs NEMA, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding Kshs1 million or imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years. We want NEMA to be free to work within the confines of this law, so that it is able to perform its functions. There are many good proposals in the Bill. I know my colleagues will be adding more on it. I have seen various amendments which the Committee has proposed in the Report, following the stakeholder’s engagement. I will also be supporting the Committee during the Committee of the whole House. With those remarks, I beg to support."
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