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    "id": 1479749,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1479749/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13217,
        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
        "slug": "cherarkey-k-samson"
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    "content": "I wish to comment on Sen. Kibwana’s Statement about nightclubs. I have seen the Chief Officer of Nairobi City County walking around, closing clubs like Quiver, churches and mosques. I saw the Cabinet Secretary in charge of the environment, Hon. Aden Duale, the lion of Garissa, who was sent to the forests, as per the report, saying there is too much noise from clubs and churches. He forgot that he should ask the mosques to stop the noise pollution, so that we do not appear discriminative. So, as he moves out to control the noise pollution across the City, guided by the Alcoholic and Drinks Controls Act 2010, a club in Eldoret is only 100 metres from a school. It looks like Sen. Methu has been a patron of that club. That club is only 100 metres to 50 metres from the school. Unless he has been compromised, I want to challenge the County Commissioner of Uasin Gishu County, Dr. Edison Nyale; why would he allow a club to operate next to a school? We must be told the law we are applying. Why are the clubs far from the school in other areas? What is special about this club, that is nearer to the school? The owners can argue that they have put soundproofing in. Churches and clubs in Nairobi say that they have implemented soundproofing measures. I want to ask the Uasin Gishu County security team not to apply the law selectively. We cannot use the principles of Shamba la Wanyama, which state that some animals are more equal than others. We are all equal before the law. So, I challenge the Deputy County Commissioner in charge of the area where Nova School resides. I challenge the Uasin Gishu County security team led by the County Commissioner and the County Commander to follow the law. If we allow those issues to function, we breed impunity in this country. We will not allow this. So, I am challenging this move. Let us close that club by the end of next week. We cannot be applying double standards in this country. For example, why would you close Club Quiver? Why would you close the one near the school or Parliament? Let everybody operate without following the law. Even as noise pollution is being controlled, we must follow the law equally in the future. With those many remarks, I submit and support all the statements, including the statement by the Chairperson on Land, Environment and Natural Resources. However, the Chairperson is on borrowed time. He is yet to invite me to his committee on the statement I requested on the status of construction of dams."
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