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    "id": 1184022,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1184022/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tigania West, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) John K. Mutunga",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for the opportunity to also add my voice to the Petitions. I will specifically speak on the Petition by Hon. Vincent on pollution of waterways. We have made a lot of efforts in this country and I believe we are making these efforts to harness water for irrigation and for downstream. We cannot harness water if it is highly polluted and allow people downstream to use the water because it will amount to putting people into more danger. What we need to do is to avoid discharge of waste into the waterways. We need to change the environmental impact assessments that have been going on and look for alternative ways of discharging effluent or liquid waste. We do not have sufficient rivers around Nairobi specially to discharge liquid waste. We have to think of either burying it deep down or looking for other incineration methods other than just using the water waste because discharge through the waterways is very dangerous especially when we are planning to use this water for irrigation and for human consumption. Pollution needs to be considered afresh. The National Environment Management Authority needs to look at this issue and come up with better ways of handling liquid waste so that people can be safer downstream. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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