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    "id": 1488488,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Seme, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The use of asbestos is illegal. Therefore, by law, houses or buildings with asbestos roofs should not even be approved for habitation. We are actually talking about an illegality. The Public Health Department has the right to declare all those buildings unfit for habitation. My suggestion would be that all institutions and departments or Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) with facilities bearing asbestos roofing must have a plan to put them in the right place. They can be prosecuted. All ministries and departments should have a clear plan to remove asbestos from their buildings. Principal Secretaries responsible for institutions that have facilities with asbestos can be sued for pausing a danger to public health. The Public Health Department can do it. This matter should be dealt with. Government departments which have buildings bearing asbestos must make sure all those materials are removed and disposed of. It is not the role of the people in those houses to know what to do with asbestos. It is for the relevant Government institutions to plan on how to remove those harmful materials. Where to put asbestos is also an issue. You cannot give that role to other institutions. There is need for a national plan to get rid of asbestos, in compliance with the law."
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