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    "id": 28206,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/28206/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Otichilo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 131,
        "legal_name": "Wilber Ottichilo Khasilwa",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, tonight is my happiest moment. It is my happiest moment because this Bill captures what I have spent many years advocating for. Therefore, I am very excited. I want to thank the Minister for Environment and Mineral Resources, and the Minister for Lands for coming up with a very brilliant Bill. This Bill has been written by professionals. When I read it, I just knew that it was written by professionals. This Bill is going to address environmental and land disputes, which are so numerous that our Judiciary cannot handle them. I want to agree with the two Ministers that this is going to be a milestone in this country. This Bill has captured international guiding principles on the management of our environment and land. Some of the principles are so crucial for the management of our environment. If I were to quote a few of them which are very crucial; the principle of international co-operation in the management of environmental resources, the principles of intergenerational and intragenerational equity, the polluter-pays principle and the precautionary principle. So, I can tell you that this Bill is just nice. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, some of the issues I can tell you this Bill captures is like those found in Clause 19 which says:- “In any proceeding to which this Act applies, the Court shall act expeditiously, without undue regard to technicalities of procedure and shall not be strictly bound by rules of evidence”."
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