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    "id": 28273,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/28273/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Olweny",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Education",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 122,
        "legal_name": "Patrick Ayiecho Olweny",
        "slug": "patrick-olweny"
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    "content": " Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to support this Bill. This Bill is a wonderful idea because it is going to bring sanity in the minds of Kenyans. For several years, Kenyans have mismanaged the environment. Today, we have floods. Whenever it rains, we have so much flooding, which we never used to have before because of a lot of surface water run-off. This is as a result of mismanagement of our environment. That is one of the major factors which have led to reduced agricultural production. Reduced infiltration of water into the soil results in so much surface run-off. As hon. Mututho said, a lot of erosion is taking place. All this has reduced our land to barren land. In many parts of this country, where we used to have productive land, there is very little that comes out of it these days. Sometime back, when you travelled around Eldoret, you would see so many pieces of plastic paper scattered all over the place. You would find plastic bags attached to every small shrub all over the place. This was because we did not care about our environment. We pollute our environment so much. As regards land which is also taken care of in this Bill in the Land Court, the normal courts that we have had have taken too long to sort out issues relating to land. You find that you have a small issue to handle but it takes too long. Therefore, if we set out a court whose role is mainly to deal with land issues and the environment, it is my assumption and I believe such issues will be handled much faster and sorted out more amicably."
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