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    "id": 1184003,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1184003/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I just want to comment on the Petition concerning pollution and generally the issue of petitions as a whole. Industrial development, as I have always said, should not bring negative impacts to the communities. They should add positives to the community. It is therefore important that all those who are investing in industrial production of whichever nature must put into place adequate contingent measures to ensure there is no pollution of water sources and the environment generally. This Petition should also be used as a basis to question the effectiveness, efficiency and ability of the NEMA that is established under the Environmental Management and Coordination Act (EMCA). Pollution ought not to happen because at all given times, NEMA is supposed to license and monitor waste discharge into various places. The most important persons here to be questioned ought to be NEMA and the various organs that manage the environment in both Nairobi and Machakos counties. As at now, of course, public petitions are coming in droves. They are many indicating that there are so many unfinished businesses in this country. I hope and pray that the Public Petitions Committee will not handle business like the last Parliament. They should be able to discharge and hopefully address the issues and report to the members of the public in due time. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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