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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Nyamu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I have followed keenly as Sen. Sifuna presented that report from the Energy Committee. I am happy with the recommendations. I note that that company that caused this tragedy in Embakasi, Nairobi, had unsuccessfully applied for licenses for the permit to run such a facility three times from EPRA and were denied. The neighborhood had also complained to NEMA about the potential threat of having operations of such nature in such a densely populated area like you know Embakasi is. The Energy Committee has done a good job. I have listened to the report. It is very thorough. And all I can say is that we hope that every single recommendation in that report is going to be implemented. This not only to punish the errant company, but also as a deterrent of practitioners in this space to ensure that the lives of Kenyans are protected and also as a deterrent to these bodies who issue the permits. We should see how they can have a coordinated approach so that you do not get a permit from Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) just to be denied by National Environment Management Authority (NEMA). We should not have a situation where one meets the requirements in EPRA but fall short of the requirements of NEMA and so forth and so on. I have heard Sen. Sifuna recommend that we should have a unified permit for such activities. We should go that direction, if anything, to protect the lives of Kenyans and to have a conducive environment for such operations. Thank you."
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