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    "id": 212006,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Angwenyi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Jimmy Nuru Ondieki Angwenyi",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to thank the Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs for that very nice Statement. The Ministry of Finance is scheduled to outlaw the use of these plastics, with effect from 1st January, 2008. Now, which is more superior between a Parliamentary Act and a by-law by the NCC? Why could the NCC not have waited until 1st January, 2008, so that it could now implement its by-law, banning the use of plastic bags? Secondly, there were people who were employed in the production of these plastics. Where will they go to seek their livelihoods? Has the Government considered the livelihoods of these people? Thirdly, there must have been investments made in order to acquire the machinery and July 25, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 17 equipment that produce these plastics. Those investments were licensed by the Government. Is the Government going to compensate the entrepreneurs who had invested in the machinery and equipment that produce these plastics? Finally, we do know that our councils and, especially, the NCC are notorious in managing waste. So, even if they were to levy some money on managing waste, they will not be able to do it. Could the Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs, categorically, assure this House that if any levy is charged for the management of waste, especially, on plastics, it will be put into good use and there will be sanctions for misapplying that levy?"
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