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    "id": 1265402,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1265402/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Marsabit County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Naomi Waqo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, once again, for allowing me to add my voice to this very important Motion. I am glad for this opportunity because this matter is very important to us and our environment. As I said earlier, our society is doomed unless we take care of our environment. Mercury is important, but our environment will be polluted if we do not properly handle it. In 1956, two sisters aged two and five from Minamata Bay in Japan were diagnosed with the crippling, untreatable and stigmatizing effects of mercury poisoning. That served as an eye-opener. Since that time, many people have been negatively affected. Mercury is known as a substance that produces significant adverse neurological effects. It has a lot of other health effects, primarily on infants and unborn babies. Anything concerning infants and unborn children affects our future generations. We need to take care of future generations by ratifying this convention. Anything that affects expectant mothers and unborn children needs our serious attention as a country. I also support the ratification of the convention because its objective is to protect human health and the environment. Today, many people suffer because we have not been caring for our environment. There has been an outbreak of many diseases. Since COVID-19, a clean environment is what many people have been advocating for. We thank God that it is now in the past, but you never know what other diseases can result from this. If we take care of our environment, put good control measures in place, and ensure that we have all the laws we need, we will be assured of a healthy society. We need this ratification, especially considering the health concerns in developing countries like Kenya and many others. With those few remarks, I support the ratification. Thank you."
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